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b. Hood closed in front. 
*Radical leaves very aeae ae: cm.), pinnatisect. . 
, . P. pteridifolia, Boasts. 
**7 eaves all eikelat 
+ Lobes of calyx obtuse, deeply incised ; edge of hood glab- 
rous ; lower ya hairy ; anthers with acute lobes. 
23. P. galeata, Bonat: 
+ + Lobes “ot calyx innnestateacute, entire or serrate; edge 
of hood hairy; anthers with et lobes ; throat with 
two ridges much developed. 24. P. tristis, Linn. 
qy Pedicularis densipica, Franch, var. Schneideri, Bonati. 
Var. nov. . 
This differs from P. densispica, Franch. by its taller habit, 
40 cm. or more, its leaves verticillate in fours, patent or re- 
flexed, 40-45 mm. long, about 20 mm. broad, its bracts much 
more elongate, patent or reflexed, two or three times as long 
as the flowers, its calyx with segments longer stalked and itself 
Io-12 mm. long, its corolla about 15 mm. long, and finally by its 
staminal int being all hairy. 
West China :—‘‘Yunnan, in pratis humidis inter itn teana 
ting et ee fils. rosei. Alt. 2,400 m. Jul. r914.”’ Cam- 
illo Schneider. No. 1710. Iter chinense, 1914, Societati den- 
drologicae Austriae et Hungariae 
ar Pedicularis Wardii, Bonati. Sp. nov. (Fragiles), 
Planta nana. Rhizoma horizontale nodosum,  internodiis 
Squamis lineatis fuscis tectis; radiculis linearibus subfiliformi- 
bus elongatissimis (8-10 cm.). Caules multi ascendentes angul- 
osi glabri basi sublignosi herbacei decumbentes summo ac plus 
minusve ramosi 6-10 cm. alti. Folia opposita petiolata glabra vel 
pilis raris ciliata; petiolis inferioribus 1-2 cm. longis, superiori- 
bus brevioribus (5-10 mm.), stricte alatis; limbo ovato pinnati- 
secto, loborum 5-6 jugis; lobis inferioribus petiolulatis, superior- 
ibus subsessilibus, inde sessilibus, omnibus ovato-oblongis obtusis 
plus minusve profunde pinnatilobulatis ; lobulis acutidentatis. 
Bracteae foliiformes. Flores in axillis foliorum singuli pedun- 
culati; pedunculis erectis deinde decumbentibus 1-2 mm. longis 
glabris. Calyx membranaceus perlucidus infundibuliformis 
circa 4 mm. longuS antice non fissus margine ciliatus, dentibus 
5 lanceolato-lineatis -acutis circa 1 mm. longis glabrescentibus ; 
nervis primariis 5 in medio loborum, secundariis 5 in eager? 
tione loborum non reticulatis. Corolla albo-flava, tubo erect 
eylindrico circa 8 mm. longo circa 2 mm. diametro, calycem daple 
