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superante. Staminum filamenta omnia villosa, ad summum 
corollae tubi inserta. Antherae summo truncatae loculamentis 
obtusis. Capsula paulum calycem superans longe apiculata. 
Semina parva circa 1.5 mm. longa cinerea arcuata apiculata valde 
reticulata. 
“West China :—Stony, moist pasture on the mountains of the 
Chungtien Plateau, Yunnan. Lat. 27°55’N. Alt. 12,000 ft. 
Plant of 2-3 ins. Flowers rose. August 1913.’? G. Forrest. 
No. 10,776. 
A plant allied to P. verbenaefolia, Franch. and especially to 
the variety minor of this species (Maximowicz, Diag. Pl. Nov. 
Asiat. vii, p. 818.) It differs from the plant described by 
Franchet ; (1) by the tube of the corolla being hairy at the top ; (2) 
by the staminal filaments being all hairy. 
The series of the Debiles now contains 9 species which can be 
classified as follows. 
Series Debiles. 
A. Leaves lanceolate, much longer than broad. Lower lip 
and staminal filaments glabrous. 
a. Bracts pinnatipartite ; lower lip angular with polygonal out- 
line, shorter than the beak. eydet, Prain. 
b. Biaces palmatipartite; lower Bo es rounded outline, as 
long as the beak. . P. Pheulpini, Bonati. 
' -B. Leaves oval. 
a. Sepals entire or very ars ae staminal filaments and 
lip glabrous. . P. nudicaulis, Bonati. 
b. Lateral sepals ae. 
*Lateral sepals serrate. 
+Staminal filaments all glabrous. 4. P. porrecta, Wall. 
+ + Two staminal filaments hairy. 5. P. villosula, Franch. 
**T ateral sepals palmatilobed or palmatifid. 
+ Lower lip with ciliate edge. 
+Staminal filaments glabrous. 6. P. debilis, Franch. 
++At least two staminal filaments hairy. 
ATwo filaments hairy, tube of the corolla glabrous. 
P. verbenaefolia, Franch. 
AAAI the filaments hairy tube of the corolla hairy on 
the upper part. . P. Handel-Mazzetti, Bonati. 
+ + Lower lip with guage ce staminal filaments glabrous. 
; 9. P. confertiflora, Prain. 
Anne 
\" Pedicularis Pantlingii, Prain., var. chimiliensis, Bont. 
Var. nov. 
This plant has the appearance of Pedicularis Pantlingn, Pruisi 
