128 BoNATI—PHTHEIROSPERMUM AND PEDICULARIS. 
apicem brevissimum, 2-3 mm. ‘longum, decumbentem, summo 
lineatum ac bifidum ; margine galeae dentibus 2 obtusis instructo ; 
labio inferiore superius aequante basi breviter stipitato maximo, 
10-12 mm. longo, 15-16 mm. lato; margine profunde denti- 
culato paulo vel non ciliato; lobo medio lateralibus multo minore 
suborbiculare. Staminum filamenta omnia dense villosa. Cap- 
sula ac semina? 
“Upper Burma :—Imaw Bum. Alt. 13,000 ft. In meadow 
pockets on the N. face of the mountain cone Cremanthodium, 
Potentilla, Primula, etc. Flowers bright crimson—two white 
specimens were also found. July 1919.” F. Kingdon Ward. 
No. 3399 
Reppert Burma :—Chimili Alps. Alt. 12,500 ft. Common 
on cliffs and broken ground in the high alpine lawns. August 
tg19."* R: Farrer. “No. 1200. 
A very elegant plant allied to P. filicula, Franch. and P. For- 
restiana, Bonati. It differs from the first, thougu it has the same 
angular hood and short beak, by (1) its hitch larger flowers ; (2) 
its filaments all hairy. It differs from P. Forrestiana, Bondi 
by (x) the form of the calyx; (2) the lower lip slightly or not at 
all hairy ; (3) the staminal filaments very hairy; (4) the very dif- 
ferent form of the ho 
The series of the Paucifoliatae, Prain contains at present 6 
species which can be distinguished by the following key. 
Series Paucifoliatae. 
A. Lower lip of the corolla ciliate. 
*Filaments all glabrous 
Dwarf plant with stem robust, erect, 5-8 cm. high; flowers 
a a head; tube of the corolla scarcely exceeding the 
< ; . 1. P. praeruptorum, Bonati. 
*PAt Fue boo sugdinal filaments hairy; tube of the corolla 
twice as long as the calys 
+ Two staminal filaments hairy; ; stem with few or no leaves. 
. yunnanensis, Franch. 
+ +All the staminal Slaments fiaty' hairy; cauline leaves 
numer . 3. P. Forrestiana, Bonati. 
. Lower lip o the eprcih glabrous: 
*Two staminal filaments hairy; plant robust. 
4. Ps ingainhensts, Fisiich: 
*% All the aaiminal Giaweins hairy. 
ALower lip of the corolla with denticulate margin; hood 
angular, sharply contracted into the beak which is short 
and bifid at the ~~ Flowers very numerous. 
a 2 : ‘ . 5. P. nobilis, ers 
