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Beng. lviii, 2, 276 (1889).— P. versicolor Boyle, Musfr. Ilimal 291, t 72, 

 2 (vix Wahlenb.) (1839).— An eadem sp. [ ac P. aspknifoltaV WatL, 

 Lith. Cat 416 B, p. 13 (1828). 



In Himalaya occidentali :—Tehri-Garhwal, in valle Damdar, 14— 15,000 p. s. m. atque 

 in Dudu Gadh infra Srikanta 15 — 16,000 p. s. m., Duthie! Kamaon; lloyk ! Wallich! prop, 

 glaciem ad Pindir, 14,000 p. s.m., CWfetf/propeBidanginDhauli, 14 — 1 3,000 p. s. m., Duthicl 

 Nepal occidentali ; ex adverso pagi Budhi, 10— 11,000 p. s. m., Duthie! Nepal central i ; Scully. 



Distrib. — China boreali, Tibet boreali. 



Canlibus 6 — 30 cm. altis rhizomate 1 — 3 cm. longo radicibus 3—8 cm., potiolii 

 3 — 5 cm. longis laminis 3—6 X 1 cm. segmentis 5x3 mm., calyce var. typiat 11 — 12 mm. 

 longo, var. heteroglossce 13 — 15 mm., corolla? tubo 13 — 15 mm. longo galea var. typiem 

 9 X 3*5 mm., var. heteroglossce 11—14 X 3 mm. labio 7-5—14 mm. lato, capsula 18 X mm. 

 seminibus 2*25 mm. longis. 



Plate 34. A— C; figs. 1— 16.— Pedicularis Oederi VahL 



A— Specimen of VAR. typica from Guraz in Kashmir (Falconer). 



B — „ „ heteroglossa from Tehri-Garhwal (Duthie, n. 232). 



C 



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Gosain Than in Nepal (Scully, n. 157). 



This account of P. Oederi is based on an examination of 12 Scandinavian spec 



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17 Swiss specimens, 4 Altai specimens, and 51 Panjab Himalaya and Kashmir specimens 

 of var. typica, flowers from 81 different specimens having been dissected : of var. hettroylossa 

 flowers from 32 specimens of the Kamaon form have been dissected, and from 12 specimens 



of the Nepal form. 



The species is most nearly allied to P. Alberti and to P. jlammea. From the first 



it is easily diagnosed: 



leaf segments ovate obtuse, anterior filaments bearded P. Orderi; 



leaf segments acuminate pinnatifid, all filaments glabrous P. Alberti. 



From the second it is not so easily diagnosed by the naked eye, since certain forms of 

 both have the same habit and foliage ; P. Oederi is usually, but by no means always, larger 

 and more robust than P. flammea. None of the earlier authors give certain diagnostic 

 characters, and the precise diagnosis (stated chronologically) is as follows :-all stamens 

 labrous in P. flammea, while anterior pair in P. Oederi are hirsute-Bunge (1847), 

 Keichenbach /. (1862), Maximowicz (lb77); anthers less muticous in P. fl 



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Keichenbach /. (1862);' seeds in P. flammea fulvous and narrowly ovate, in P. 0«ki 



cylindr 



half as broad again and ash-grey-Lange (1870). To these ch 



ay 



be added :-anthers with long axes oblique in P. Jlamme.a, horizontal iu P. Ocd, 



The diagnosis is therefore as follows 



anthers horizontal, anterior filament* hirsute, seeds eylindrie ovate ••••£• &dm 

 anthers oblique, all filaments glabrous, seeds elongate ovo,d P- fl-xnm 



The Kashmir and W. Tibet plant is the same as the Dahurian form, having the 

 i hirsute with its teeth, except the upper, serrate ; the lobes of the hp are ent.re as 



in the Scandinavian «*"^ ^±^^ v x - . ««,;« 



also hirsute, but all the calyx teeth are enUre, and not emarg, , ate , - n the S 



and Arctic form (P. Oederi Vahl "genuina"), where the calyx is 



Z^lZ:™, Vj; ***. m, where the ** teeth are also entire, the 



lyx being glabrous 



