anodont-e. 



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it was distinctly senii-saprophytic and not semi -parasitic. Mr. C. B Clarke has verv 

 W y venfied the identification of the species with the single sp^ ten of Z 

 n. 42044 which is preserved at Kew. Both Mr. Maximowicz an d Mr. Clarke hat 



( ^^* y) e ^ e -lthe o pi - that thi8 species is relate ; to ^ «T 



JJlfS W!th considerable diffidence that I venture to think that this relation^ 

 is not at all marked. The very peculiar lower lip whereby it a proaches the next 

 species and differs from most other species at present known seems to indicate that tin 

 wo form together a very distinct and natural di-typic group-as is indicated in the 

 " Conspectus of Affinities" (part ii, chap, vi 



•qua- 



i gra- 



denia 



67. Pedicularis Kingii Train (1888). 



Elata parce pubescens rhizomate brevi repente collo paucisquamato ex axillii 



morum stolona tenera apice squamata emittente radicibus filiformib.is caule debil 



eillimo flexuoso simplice vel paniculato-ramoso folioso foliis suboppositis vel oppoMtis 

 omnibus longe petiolatis laminis ovatis pinnatisectis segmentis 5— 6jugn iis cauli pro 

 pioribus petiolulatis sub-alternis oblongis pinnatifidis laciniis ovatis mucronato 

 floribus versus apices caulis et ramorum brevipedicellatis calycis ovato-campanulati mem- 

 branacei glaberrimi antice profunde fissi 5-dentati segmentis integris deltoideis postico 

 reliquis dimidio majore corolla3 tenerae rectae tubo late cylindrico calycem duplo superante 

 labio subquadrato 2-plicato antice 3-lobo lobis lateralibus acute ovatis medio prominentia 

 rotundato concavo duplo minoribus galea parum inclinata fronte rotundata staminibus ex 

 adverso medii ovarii insertis filamentis anticis versus apicem distincte barbatis ovario 

 ovato stigmate subexserto disco antice parum incrassato. — P. Kingii Brain^ Maxim* MiL 

 Biol, xii, 895, t. 5, /. 131 ; Jour. As. Soc. Beng. lviii, 2, 264. 



In Himalaya orientali : — Sikkim ; ad Gang-tuk, Kingii mcrccnar. ! 



Caulibus 15 — 30 cm. altis rhizomate 2-4 cm. longo, radicibus 5 — 6 cm. stolonibus 

 squamigeris 5 — 10 cm, longis petiolis 2 — 6 cm. longis laminis 4x3 cm. segmentis 12 X 6 

 mm. laciniis 3x2 mm., pedicellis 1 — 3 mm., calyce 4 mm. longo, corollae tubo 8*5 mm. 

 longo galea 7*5 X 3*5 mm. labio 4*5 X 3*5 mm. 



Augusto floret; color ex sicco forsan albus. 



Plate 28. A; figs. 1 — 5. — Pedicularis Kingii Brain, 



Specimen from Gang-tuk. 



This description is based on an examination of 8 specimens. This species is also 

 a very distinct and remarkable one. Mr. Maximo wicz looks on it as an aberrant member 

 of the Caucasicce, and this, I believe, is its true place. Owing, however, to its aberrant 

 nature and to its evident affinity as regards lower lip with P. fragi/is, I have placed 

 these two in a special group apart from, but still close to, the group Cjucasfca?. 



68. Pedicularis pyenantha Bom. (1853); Book. /., FUr. Brit. Ind. iv, 310 

 {syn. P. Alberti exclus.) (1»84). 



Humilis pubescens rhizomate incrassato carnoso extus crustaceo radicibus fusiformibus 

 carnosis collo squamis latis ovatis membranaceis vestito pluricipite caulibus ascendentibus 

 foliis radicalibus csespitosis demum evanescentibus caulinis verticillis (2) 4-ternis vel non- 

 nunquam verticillo inferiore paribus 2 oppositis decussatim intervallo brevi separatis (rarius 



Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calcutta, Vol. Ill 



