138 BONATI—PHTHEIROSPERMUM AND PEDICULARIS. 
ticillata longe petiolata ; petiolis plus minusve basi alatis, inferi- 
oribus 15-30 mm. longis, superioribus brevioribus (circa 10 mm.) ; 
limbo 5~6 cm. longo, 15-30 mm. lato, ovato-oblongo obtuso pin- 
natifido, 10-12 jugis loborum ovato-obtusorum et acutidentato- 
trum. Bracteae inferiores foliiformes, subsessiles, basi in petiolos 
alatos attenuatae ; superiores basi membranaceae, latae, perluci- 
dae, limbo  foliaceo ovato-obtuso_ superficialiter  acu- 
tidentato; omnes floribus breviores, superiores fere calycem 
aequantes. Flores inferiores axillares oppositi et pedunculati, 
superiores sessiles in spicis 4-5 cm. longis paucifloris. Calyx 
glaber angulosus, nervis 8 non reticulatis, circa 1 cm. longus, 
superiicialiter antice fissus, lobis 3 inaequalibus; lobo summo 
brevissimo (circa 1-2 mm.) lineato integro vel vix denticulato; 
lobis lateralibus majoribus inciso-crenatis summo fissis in lobu- 
los 2 ovato-obtusos raro mucronatos acutidentatos 1. 5-2 mm. 
longos, circa 1 mm. latos. Corolla purpurea circa 3 cm. longa; 
tubo cylindrico calycem paulo superante, circa 1 cm. longo, 
glabro basi rectangulatim curvato; galea obliqua falciformi 
glabra, circa 15 mm. longa, rotunda antice in sacco clausa ; mar- 
gine inferiore quoque latere dente parvo addito, distante 2-3 
mm. a summo; labio inferiore circa 1 cm. longo, galea breviore, 
erecto margine glabro paulo profunde trilobato, lobis 2-3 mn. 
longis, circa 5 mm. latis, lateralibus majoribus ovato-rotundis, 
medio multo breviore ovato-obtuso vel superficialiter trilobulato, 
2. mm. longo ac lato; galea paralleliter bicristata. Stamina ad 
trientem inferiorem tubi inserta; filamentis omnibus glabris ; 
antherarum loculis breviter apiculatis. Capsula ac semina? 
“Upper Burma :—By streams in marshy meadows, and steep 
banks; limestone; flowers crimson. Valley of Naw-chaung. 
Aug. 1914.”’ F. Kingdon Ward. No. 1918. 
A plant belonging to the series of the Melampyriflorae. Its 
habit is similar to that of P. pseudo-atra, Bonati and recalls that 
of P. chamissonis, Stev., of Japan. Its flowers much exceeding 
the bracts and decumbent are characteristic. Its calyx has a 
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form recalling that of P. Mairei, Bonati. 
Pedicularis pseudo-atra, Bonati. Sp. nov. (Melampyriflorae). 
lineato-obtusorum basi decurrentium profunde acutidentatorum ; 
petiolis 15-20 mm. longis compressis ac stricte alatis; limbo 
45-60 mm. longo, 15-25 mm. lato. Bracteae inferiores flores 
