D. Prain — Two species of Pedicularis. [No. 1, 



In Himalaya oeiextali : Sikkirn, Mt. Tankra, 11,500 p. s. m. ; G. A. 

 Gammie 1 



Caulibus 40-60 cm. longis, foliis caulinis 2-25 cm. longis his 

 0"75-l cm. latis, segmentis 5 mm. longis 3 mm. latis, petiolis 0'5-l cm. 

 longis ; calyce 6 mm. longo hoc 3 - 5 mm. Jato ; corollae tubo 10 mm. longo 

 apice 4 mm. lato, galea 5 mm. lOnga, labio 8 mm. lato ; capsula 12 mm. 

 longa 5 mm. lata. 



This species is most nearly related to P. veriicillata Linn, and P. 

 refracta Maxim, but besides differing greatly in habit and foliage from 

 both it differs from P. verticillata in having a calyx with large teeth 

 and with a tube reticulated throughout, while it differs from P. refracta 

 in having the anterior and lateral calyx teeth serrate and not entire ; 

 from both it differs in having acute, not muticous, anther-cells. 



Of Indian species, it in habit much resembles P. flexuosa Hook, f., 

 though it is glabrescent while that species is hirsute, but the plant that 

 it imitates most closely is P. gracilis Wall. var. macrocarpa Prain, the 

 likeness being so great that though in flower they differ so widely, it is 

 not easy to distinguish fruiting specimens of the two. 



2. Pedicdlaris flaccida Prain; sp. nov. (PI. II.). 



Ascendens glabra caulibus graeilibus corymbosim ramosis, foliis 

 ramisque 3-4-natim verticillatis radicalibus mox evanesceutibus cau- 

 linis breve petiolatis ovatis pinnatifidis segmentis 5-6-jugis obtusis 

 inciso-serratis ; floribus in verticillis 4-floris paucis remotisque dispositis, 

 bracteis foliaceis calycem excedentibus ; calycis glaberrimi parvuli 

 campanulati antice parum fissi 5-dentati segmentis omnibus oblono-i s 

 integris tubo costato nee reticulato ; corollae tubo sursum ampliato 

 calycem 3-plo excedente basi infracto, labio 3-lobo lobis lateralibus 

 ovatis medio orbiculato basi constricto 3-plo majoribus, galea leviter 

 arcuata tubo subecntinua apice subincurva erostri, staminibus ex ad- 

 verso medii ovarii insertis omnibus glabris, antheris contiguis muticis ; 

 ovario ovoideo stigmate exserto. 



In Chixa occidentali ; Szechuen Occident, prope Tachienlu, Pratt n. 

 471! 



Caulibus 20-25 cm. longis foliis caulinis 1 cm. longis his - 7 cm. 

 latis segmentis 2 mm. longis 1 mm. latis, petiolis - 5 cm. longis ; calyce 

 2-5 mm. longo hoc 2 mm. lato ; corollae tubo 8 mm. longo apice 4*5 mm. 

 lato, galea 4 mm. longa, labio 7 mm. lato. 



Like the preceding species this is also closely related to P. verti- 

 cillata Linn, but differs considerably in habit, and though it has the 

 calyx tubo ribbed and not reticulated just as P. verticillata has, it differs 

 in having the calyx distinctly toothed and extremely small. The stamens 

 also differ in being all glabrous whereas in P. verticillata the anterior 



