i:s 



ANODONT-E. 



In Himalaya orientali :— Sikkim ; ad fines regni Nepaliae, apud Ny-e-gu, 14,000 p. s. m., 

 •tone in Cho-la, Klngii mercenar. ! Julio floret; corolla punicea ; sp. fructigerum nondum 



communicatum. 



Caulibus 2—6 cm. altis rhizomate — 1*5 cm. longo radicibus 1 — 4 cm. longis, petiolis 



licalibus 3— 6 cm. longis reliquis 1— 15 cm. laminis 1—2 cm. longis his 0*75—1 cm. 

 latis segmentis 4—5 X 3 mm., pedicellis 3—5 mm. longis, calyce 10 — 12 mm. longo hoc 

 4-5 mm. lato, corollae tubo 17 — 20 mm. longo galea 10 mm. longa 3*5 mm. lata labio 

 2U mm. lato. 



Plate 31. C; figs. 14 — 17. — Pedicularis collata Prain 



Specimen from Ny-e-gu, Jongri. 



This account is based on the examination of 31 specimens. The species recalls the 

 habit of the large flowered form of P. Roylei and, less readily, that of P. schizorrhyneha 

 but as regards its corolla structure it is unlike any Indian species. It appears to form 

 a distinct monotypic group near the Oaucasicce. 



66. Pedicularis fragilis Prain (1888). 



Elongata parce hirsuta rhizomate tenero repente radicibus filiformibus plus minus 

 csespitosis caule fragili simplice vel parce ramoso imo tertio decumbente nodisque radicante 

 c< teruni erecto folioso foliis 3-natim verticillatis subsessilibus membranaceo-herbaceis ellip- 



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ticis acutis pmnatipartitis segmentis 5— 7-jugis late lanceolatis mucronato-inciso-dentatis 

 rioribus axillaribus subsessilibus calycis campanulati membranacei antice nee fissi 5-dentati 

 ^mentis intervallis paribus anguste lanceolatis sequilongis summo integro reliquis minut- 

 igsime serratis coroll.e tubo extus puberulescente cylindrico calycem duplo superante labio 

 sulxjuadrato intus 2 plicato antice 3-lobo lobis margine ciliatis lateralibus anguste ovatis 

 acutis medio obovato cucullato prominente dimidio angustioribus galea erecta subito in 

 rostrum brevissimum truncatum dilatata staminibus ex adverso inedii ovarii insertis 

 filamentis anticis apicem versus puberulis ovario ovato stigmate incluso capsula nee 

 exserta subglobosa subito acuminata seminibus parvulis sphsericis antice sulcatis testa 

 pallidis distincte reticulatis.— P. fragilis Prain, Maxim., Mel. Biol, xii, 866, t 5, /. 93- 



Jour. As. Soe. Beng. lviii, 2, 263.-Pedicularis sp., C. B. Clarke, Jour. Linn. Soe'. 

 (1889), 51. 



I i In 7 a onn US ASSAMIiE ; ~ Khasia ' 4 - 6 ' 000 P- s - m., Mann (n. 348)! Barel; in Pulina- 

 badza; 7,200 p. s. m. et supra Siwenichika, 8,000 p. s. m., Prain! in Manipur boreali, 

 b,o00 p. s. m., Clarice (n. 42014). 



Caulibus 15-30 cm. altis rhizomate 5-8 cm. longo radicibns 2 cm. foliis 3-4 



X ,-2 cm. segmentis 10 X 4 mm., calyce 5 mm. longo hoc 2-5 mm. lato, corolhe tubo 



mm. longo, galea 6-5 X 3-5 mm. rostro 1 mm. longo labio 5-5 mm. longo hoc vix 3 



mm lato, capsula 5 x 4-5 mm. seminibus 1 mm. longis latisque. Julio-Septembri floret - 



corolla vmdi! vel alba (Clarke I.e.). ' 



Plate 31. A; fi gs . 1-6.— Pedicularis fragilis Prain. 



Specimen from Pulinabadza, near Kohima ; Angami Naga Hills. 



distill" it eS inX? *! b83 f ?J*" e *~tion of 19 specimens. The species is very 



•tatwot , .t mhabns hunnd shady forests in the Assam Hills, and where I gathered 



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