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IIo BonaTI—PHTHEIROSPERMUM AND PEDICULARIS. 
te, crista valde eminente antice addita ac abrupte in apicem 
subfiliformem lineatum et semi-orbicularem 3-5 mm. longum 
contracta margine dente parvo utrinque addito; labio inferiore 
sessili latissimo margine glabro, lobis 3 paulo profundis sub- 
aequalibus rotundis, medio lateralibus minore 2 mm. longo, 5 
mm. lato. Stamina fauce inserta; filamentis omnibus in medio 
villosis, ceterum glabris. Capsula ac semina? 
eas. LS 10et ————— 14,000 ft. On screes. Flowers 
crimson. 1913.’’ F. Kingdon Ward. No. 1105. 
This is a very elegant species belonging to Sir D. Prain’s 
series of the ‘“‘Macranthae.’’ ‘This series at present contains 
four species easily distinguished by the help of the following key. 
Series Macranthae. 
A. Lower lip with margin glabrous. 
*Calyx not split in front; corolla purple, the tube not exceed- 
ing the calyx. Staminal filaments all hairy, inserted on 
the throat of the corolla ; beak not bifid : 
: te basuenis Boaati 
#*Calyx eplit; in frost quite we the middle of its length ; beak not 
bifid ; stamens inserted at the middle of the tube. 
+Hood 1% times as long as the beak, erect at the base; 
lower lip of the corolla with lobes subequal; corolla rose- 
coloured or yellow with hood red; all the filaments hairy. 
. 2. P. macrantha, Klotsch. 
+ Hood {hice esas as a Tone as the beak, subrefracted at the 
base; lower lip with median iobe , ‘as large as the 
lateral; corolla yellow; filaments hairy. 
Ee Soulivaner Prain: 
B. Lower Es Tauipciliate on “aie ei gee: Calyx split nearly to 
the base; median lobe of lower lip emarginate, half as 
large as the lateral; corolla oe all the staminal fila- 
ments hairy. : : . P. Elwesii, Hook. f. 
Pedicularis lacerata, Bonati. Sp. nov. (Longipes). 
Radix? Caulis gracilis debilis repens angulosus glaber, 20—- 
35 cm. longus, e basi ramosus, ramis diffusis et oppositis. Folia 
glabra multa opposita longe petiolata petiolis 6-10 cm. longis 
patulis non alatis; limbo 5-8 cm. longo, 1 15-25 m m. lato, ovato- 
oblongo Lipinnatisecto; lobis paucis sparsis pefialidatie I a 
mm. longis; lobulis linearibus obtusis denticulatis 2-3 m 
longis. Bracteae foliis similes sed brevius petiolatae. Flores 
omnes axillares oppositi longissime pedunculati, pedunculis 15- 
30 mm. longis gracilibus flexuosis glahris plus minusve post 
