BONATI—PHTHEIROSPERMUM AND PEDICULARIS. I2t 
ad tubi basim inserta, filamentis omnibus villosis. Antherae 
summo truncatae, loculis abrupte ac breviter apiculatis. 
“West China :—Open, moist stony pasture on'the Kari Pass, 
Mekong-Yangtze divide. Lat. 27°40/N. Alt. 13,000 ft. Plant 
of 2-3 ins. Flowers deep rose: August 1914.’’ G. Forrest: No. 
13,070. 
A plant allied to P. Stadlmanniana, Bonati, but more robust, 
with much larger corolla, with tube much longer than the calyx 
and with hood glabrous on the back; the peduncles are much 
shorter and the lobes of the calyx recall those of the calyx of P. 
batangensis, Bur. et Franch. 
Series Polyphyllatae. (Sersw stricto). 
A. Lower lip glabrous; hood glabrous; calyx not split in front 
‘but with five equal flabellate sessile or subsessile teeth; 
filaments all hairy. { 1. P. gruina, Franch. 
_B. Lower lip more or less densely ciliate on the edges; calyx 
more or less deeply cut in front. 
*Teeth of calyx dissimilar, that at the top entire, lanceolate, 
acute, subfiliform, the latter ones stipitate, dilated at the 
top, pinnatisect ; staminal filaments all hairy. Hood glab- 
rous. Peduncles very short. 2. P. kariensis Bonati. 
**Teeth of the calyx all similar incised. Hood hairy on back. 
+ Lobes of calyx triangular, acute, stipitate, peduncles long, 
up to 20 mm.; plant with Goes stem and diffuse 
branches. . : 3. P. Stadlmanniana, Bonati. 
+-+Lobes of calyx flabellate, ae or puberssite, plant 
robust. 
A\Peduncles very long, spread out or pee 20-35 mm. 
long, shaggy. : 4. P. polyphylloides, Bonati. 
AAPeduncles short not exceeding 5-10 mm. erect. 
5. P. polyphylla, Reach. 
Pedicularis birmanica, Bonati. Sp. nov. (Pectinatae). 
Rhizoma verticale fusiforme elongatum; radiculis filiformibus 
plus minusve ramosis. Caulis circa 15 cm. altus ramosissimus, 
ramis ascendentibus vel patulis, summo villosus basi glabrescens 
angulosus erectus vel plus minusve flexuosus. Folia sessilia basi 
truncata, inferiora opposita, superiora 3-verticillata, omnia 
ovato-oblonga, 20-30 mm. longa, 7-10 mm. lata, pinnatifida, 4-5 
jugis segmentorum lineato-obtusorum et eeiuse denticulatorum. 
Bracteae sessiles, foliiformes, sed basi membranaceae. Flores 
Sessiles, infessores axillares sparsi, superiores summo caulium 
_ in spicis densibus brevibus conicis conjuncti. Calyx villosus 
