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minens, inferius vix dilatatum i. e. stylus apice truncatus. Capsula late orbicularis, 
marginata, inflata, subcarnosa, integra vel subemarginata, nervis parallelis curvatis, 
numerosis sulcata, dehiscens. Semina subglobosa, apice subcornuta, nigra, arillo 
membranaceo albo obtecta, exalbuminosa. 
Habitat in Asia meridionali : Nepalia. (Soc. Ind. orient. 4191 a Pt. Wallich.) 
Sikkim reg. temp. (Hook leg.); Sinchung 8000 Hb Sikk. 378 exp.; Ceylan 
Thwaites n° 434; Hb Wight 93; Cuming : 54. Khasia leg. Hook.; Nilghiri leg. 
Hook. (P. arill. var. brachybotrya Hassk.) Hb Wight, 438 ; China, prov. Ichang, 
Hupeh 5783 : Henry (v. s. in Hb. Mus. Par.); Su-tchun, Moupine in rupibus 
adumbratis, fl. aprili, Franchet, v. s.; Yun-nan, in sylvis ad fauces montis Yang- 
in-chan prope Lankong, Delavay n° 129 et 1979. 
Varietates ab Hasskarlio indicatæ 1. e. brachybotrya et robusta, formæ sunt tan- 
tum. In var. brachybotrya racemi breviores sunt atque folia mediocria, in var. 
robusla autem racemi longiores foliaque robustiores. Specimina authentica in Hb. 
Berol. vidi. 
Var. angushfolhia. Rami densius puberuli ; folia lanceolato-linearia, longe cuspi- 
data, subtus puberula ; racemi breves, rachi puberula ; crista carinæ laciniata. 
Hab. in Sikkim loc. Darjeeling : Hb. Sikk. T. Anders, n. 378. 
P. REINII Fr. et Sav. 
Caules striati, apice foliosi ; folia petiolata, lanceolata, vel obovato-lanceolata 
acuminata, tenuia, margine ciliata, submagna ; racemi inter folia approximata ses- 
siles pauciflori ; flores breviter pedicellati, submagni ; sepalum superius gibboso- 
concavum, inferiora elliptica, margine ciliata ; alæ spathulate oblongæ, obtuse ; 
petala superiora basi attenuata, apice irregulariter dilatata, obtusa, corollam sub- 
æquantia; Carina cristata; crista flabelliformiter dilatata, lobis bifidis format ; 
filamenta staminum longissima ; discus hypogynus annuliformis versus axin parum 
incrassatus ; stylus elongatus filiformis versus apicem sensim incrassatus et sinuatus, 
breviter curvatus ; pars refracta stygmatifera alia 4-5 X brevior; stigma inferius 
tuberculatum papillosum, superius vix prominens dentiformæ. 
Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pt. Jap. II. 292. 
Tab. nostra. XVII, fig. 15-16. 
