$22 BoNATI—PHTHEIROSPERMUM AND PEDICULARIS. 
campanulatus, circa 8 mm. longus, dentibus 5 longis 2 mm.; 
dente summo integro lanceolato-acuto; lateralibus basi con- 
strictis late dilatatis ac summo obscure lobatis margine ciliatis ; 
tubo membranaceo perlucido, nervis 10 non reticulatis. Corolla 
purpureo-splendens, circa 20 mm. longa; tubo cylindrico glabro 
circa 12 mm. longo, recto, calyce duplo longiore; galea non crist- 
ata, tubo duplo breviore, in parte verticali 3 mm. longa, dorso 
rotundo, in parte horizontali 3 mm. longa, abrupte contracta in 
apicem 8-10 mm. longum rectum vel paulo arcuatum; labio in- 
feriore apicem aequante margine ciliato, lobo medio obtuso con- 
cavo brevi lateralibus paulo longiore. Stamina medio tubi 
inserta ; filamentis omnibus glabris. Capsula ac semina ? 
“Upper Burma :—Paijawng Bum. On open meadows facing 
grassy slopes at the summit. Lat. 26°10’N. Long. 98°30’E. 
Alt. 12-13,000 ft. Flowers bright crimson. July 1gr19.’’ F. 
Kingdon Ward. No. 3441. : 
A plant belonging to the series Pectinatae and nearly allied 
by its floral characters to P. ramosissima, Bonati. It differs from 
this species by its hood having no crest and by its corolla tube 
twice as long as the calyx. Moreover its leaves are sessile and 
verticillate in threes. 
<> Pedicularis praealta, Bonati. Sp. nov. (Pectinatae). 
Planta valde affinis P. alopecuros, Franch., a qua differt :— 
(1) caulibus robustis erectis 1 m. altis, summo plus minusve 
ramosis, paulo villosis vel glabrescentibus; (2) foliis omnibus 
longe petiolatis, generaliter 4-verticillatis ; petiolis 10-15 mm. 
longis ; limbo pingui inferne villosissimo praesertim ad nervos, 
30-40 mm. longo, ovato-oblongo, summo attenuato, profunde 
pinnatifido, 7-10 jugis loborum lanceolato-obtusorum ; (3) in- 
florescentia in spicis longioribus (5-12 cm.) minus densis ac basi 
plus minusve interruptis; (4) bracteis non imbricatis calycem 
non superantibus, superioribus basi attenuatis ac membranaceis ; 
(5) calyce villosissimo, lobis 5 aequalibus ac omnibus profunde 
acutidentatis ovato-oblongis obtusis circa 1 mm. longis; tubi 
calycini nervis primariis ro summo reticulatis; (6) tubo corollae 
calycem duplo superante, intus ad insertionem staminum villoso; 
galea simili P. alopecuros, Franch. sed apice breviore ac falci- 
formi 4-5 mm. longo; labio inferiore quam superius breviore 
glabro ; staminum filamentis glabris; antherarum loculamentis 
obtusis ; capsula calycem paulo superante ovoidea apiculata, apice 
breviter ac paulo lateraliter ejecto, 8 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata, 
glabra i seminibus paucis circ. 8, ovoideis in longitudine striatis 
ac tenuissime reticulatis, circa 2 mm. longis ac x mm. latis. 
Eastern Yunnan :—‘‘Plateau herbeux de Ié-ma-tchouan. Alt. 
