62 D. Prain — Two additional species of Lagotis. [No. 2, 



•[[ ^ Basal sheaths thickly membranous 

 shining, flower-heads spicate : — 

 X Cauline leaves much smaller 



than radical ... ... 8. L. glavca. 



X X Cauline leaves large, almost 



equalling lamina of radical ., 9. L. spectahilis, 

 Lips of corolla as long as the tube ... 10. L. hrevituha. 



* * Rhizomes short premorse (crowned with fibrous sheaths) ; 

 scapes leafless, shorter than the leaves ; (calyx 

 gamophyllous) : — 

 t Stolons ; calyx winged ; (disc reduced to one 



anterior lobe) ... ... ... 11. L. Eorolkoivi. 



f t Stoloniferous ; calyx not winged : — 



X Glabrous ; disc reduced to one anterior lobe ... 12. L. stolonifera. 

 X X Puberulous ; disc 4-lobed ... ... 13. L. hrachystachya. 



1. Lagotis globosa HooJi:. fit. Flor. Brit. Ind. iv. 558 (1885). 

 Gymnandra globosa Kurz, Journ. As. Soc. Beng.'xx:K\x, pt. 2, 80. t. 7, f. 1. 

 (1870). 



Western Tibet and Gilgit. 



2. Lagotis decumbrns Rupr. Sert. Tianschan. 64 (1870) ; Hook, fil, 

 Flor. Brit. Ind. iv. 559 (1885). L. glaaca sub-sp. austraiis Maxim. Bull, 

 Acad. Imp. Petersh. xxvii. 523 (ISSl) par tim, pi. himal. exclus. 



Western Tibet and Tianschan Mts. 



3. Lagotis PHARiCA Pram ; (Plate I.) leaves long-petioled, ovate- 

 oblong, pinnately lobed, scape few-leaved ; bracts equalling the flowers, 

 ovate-oblong, imbricate, forming an ovate bead. 



SouTH-E astern Tibet : Tern-la, one day north of Phari, Bunghoo ! 



Bootstock small, stoloniferous ; roots very long and numerous. Leaves 1*5 in. 

 long, '75 in. wide, base truncate ; petioles 2 in. long, narrow throughout. Flowering 

 stems ascending, as long as the leaves, with a few leafy bracts near top. Spike 

 •75-1 in. bracts "3 in. long, entire, obtuse, thickly herbaceous. Flowers S in. 

 Sepals 2, acute, equal and similar. Lower corolla-lip usually 3-cleft, upper 2-fid 

 to -cleft. Filaments slender, exceeding the upper lip. Style included, stigma 

 notched. Fruit narrowly oblong. 



Nearly related to L. globosa, with which it agrees in having very long filaments 

 and in having lobed leaves, though the leaves in this species are not so deeply cut ; 

 also to L. decumbens which it approaches in style of inflorescence. From both it differs 

 in having thick, herbaceous, relatively smaller bracts. The lobing of the corolla, as a 

 reference to the plate will show, is exceedingly variable in this species, particularly 

 in the upper lip where each lobe may be again 2-fid, or at times even 3-fid. In 

 most species of Lagotis the greatest variability is in the lower lip. 



4. Lagotis Clarkei Hook. fil. Flor. Brit. Ind. iv. 559 (1885). 

 Sikkim; 13,000 to 16,000 feet. Yak-la Clarke! Tankra-la G. Gam- 



mie ! King's Collector ! Pan-ding- la, near Jongri, King's Collector ! 

 Chumbi 5 at Ka-poop, King's Collector ! 



