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corolla tubo 7 mm. longo galea 5 x M mm. l.nhin ru " T* '5" *! X 2$ 



seminibus 3 mm. long 



Plate 29. B ; figs. 9-16._Pedicularis 



Specimen from Esan-nan-gi, Joncrri. 



~ v """-i caiyce 4-o x 2*0 mm. 



m. labio 7'5 mm. lato, capsula 8 mm. longa 



gibbera P 



The account of P. gibbera is based on an examination of 75 



interesting little 



species was never reported till 1887. In that and i , L foil J 

 s collectors met with it. «„,! „ • .. , , . t,ie '<>"<>«'>"« 



STl £ 2?>2?- aet r* * -«—•■*- ^ „•,: 



Perhaps its most striking character is its 



go Buuua oi sjxrini 



each locale) \ U ^T^TZZZyTZ^. ^1 ft ^ 1^ ? '» 

 alongside of P. j^Mfe,, it fr also closely related oP Jl Zf 'I > ,'" ^ P '""' ) 

 different bracts and leaves, has the corolla Ue bit Wcf Z ' T ' «' ' "T 

 and all the filaments glabrous. Then the .anceo.ate 'o^, X^Sf 

 pitted, dark-colourea seeds, and the long-petioled ovate leave, recall P. 2^ a 2 

 appear to indicate considerable affinity with the group to which that spencs bdooiz 

 One feature of interest in this species is the apparent fondness of some insect for 

 its anthers. In nearly every gathering the upper part of the galea containing tho 



anthers has been bitten off from some of the flowers, and in some cases almost 

 every flower has been treated like this. The same tiling has been noticed 

 Indian species. 



other 



62. Pedicularis polygaloides Hook /. (1884). 



Nana diffusa vel humilis multicaulis rhizomate tenui lignoso radicibus fibrosa 

 caulibus gracillimis flexuosis 2-fariani pilosis foliis radicalibus ciespitosis demum evanidii 

 caulinis oppositis (vel rarissime 3-4-natim verticillatis) breve petiolatis vel sessilibus 

 ovatis vel ovato-oblongis obtusis pinnatifidis et inciso-dentatis floribus axillaribus pedi 

 cellatis pedicellis inferiorum calycem superantibus verticillis summis confertis reliquis 

 remotis bracteis superioribus pinnatifidis calycis villosi oblongo-campanulati antico 

 triente fissi 5-dentati segmento summo minuto integro reliquis cristatis vicinis Gratis 

 latioribus anticis lanceolatis corolIa3 tubo calyce sesquilongiore apice ipso dilatato 

 incurvo labio 3-lobo lobis lateralibus ovatis medio rotundato dimidio latioribus galea 

 recta decliva tubo sesquilatiore in rostrum brevissimum conicum subacutum 2-Jobum 

 abeunti staminibus fere apice tubi insertis filamentis glaberrimis ovario ovato-Ianceolat- > 

 stigmate incluso capsula anguste ovata oblique acuta calycem triente superante seminibus 

 late ovoideis testa laxa cinerascentibus distincte reticularis. — P. polygaloides Hook, 

 Flor. Brit. Ind. iv, 317; Maxim., Mel. Biol, xii, 881, t. 5, /. 113. 



In Himalaya orientali: — Sikkim: ad Yeum-tong, 14,000 p. s. m,, Hooker; in transi 

 Ze-lep-la, Kingii mercenar. ! Chumbi: in Tang-ka-la, 13,000 p. s. m., apud Ka-poop, atq 



ad Ta-chey-kung ; Kingii mercenar. ! 



Caulibus 2—8 cm. altis rhizomate 1*5—6 cm. longo radicibus 3—6 cm. longis, 

 petiolis radicalibus 0*5—1 cm. caulinis 0*25— 05 cm. laminis 0*75—1 x 0*25 cm. segmentis 

 1—2 X 1 mm., pedicellis inferioribus usque ad 8 mm. calyce (1x3 mm. corollas tubo 

 7 mm. galea 55 mm. labio 6 mm. longo hoc 9 mm. lato, capsula 8 mm. longa 4*5 mm. 

 lata seminibus 2 mm. longis. Julio— Augusto floret ; corolla purpurea. 



