484 Lxxxvii. PEiMTJLACEJi. (J. D. Hookei*.) IFrimula. 



mouth not aniralate, ovary oliovoid. Dubyin DC. Prodr. Viii. 41. P. altia- 

 sima arid P. speciosa, Don Prodr. 78. 



Central and Eastebn Himalaya ; Nipal, Wailich; Sikkim, alt. Ut15,000 ft., 

 X D. H., Elwes. 



Eootatoek very small. Leaf-blade 2-3 in. ; petiole 4-6 in., veiy slender. Scape 

 1 2-l<6 in., very slender ; inflorescence sometimes mealy ; flowers nodding, slighUy 

 fragrant ; bracts regularly placed, but unequal in size, broad, sometimes toothad. 

 Calyx \-^ in., campanulate, quite terete or 6-ribbed. Cordla-tv^e neaAj \ in. ; lobes 

 erecto-patent, small, rounded, or notched. Fruit not seen. — 'Wailich describes the 

 leaves as «lightly pubescent beneath, which I do not observe. A close ally of P. 



6. P. vag'lnata, Watt in Joum. lAnn. Soc. Pot. ined. ; puberulous or 

 glahrescent, mot mealy, leaves J in. diam. orbicular deeply cordate 7-lohed one 

 third way, lohes 3-fid, petiole with a broad basal sheath, scape 2-4 in., umbel 

 3-6-fld., pedic^ very unequal, bracts linear, calyx-lobes short, corolla lilac, 

 tube funnel-shaped, mouth annulate, lobes 2-4-fid. 



SikiiM HiMAiAYA ; Laghep, alt. 10,000 ft., Cla/rke. 



Eootstock small, woody. Leaves puberulous or glabrous ; petiole equalling the 

 blade, abruptly dilated at the very base into a broad membranous sheath. Soofpe 

 glabrous ; pedicels |-^ in. Oalyx campanulate, lobes ovate acute. CoroUor-tmbe riot 

 twice the length of the calyx ; limb ^ in. diam. Ovary globose, acute. SVuit un- 

 known. 



6. P. Clarltel, Watt in Joum. Linn. Soc. Bot. ined. ; quite glabrous, 

 leaves 1-1 J in. orlfieular- or elliptic-cordate sharply toothed or crenate, tip 

 rounded, scape 0, pedicels equalling' or shorter than the petioles, calyx broadly 

 campanulate, lobes short, eoroUa-tube slender, mouth not annulate, limb flat, 

 lobes 2-fid, capsule globose included. 



Kashmib ; at Poosiana, alt. 7000 ft., Clarke. 



Habit of a Viola. Bootstoek slender, woody. Leaves membranous, nerves very 

 slender ; petiole 2-4 in., very slender, base narrowly sheathing. Pedicels 2-3, slender. 

 Corolla-tube ^ in., lobes narrow. Ojiory globose, acute, stigma capitate. Seais black, 

 subglobose, minutely papillose, i in. diam. 



** Pubescertt or fomentose viithjlaccid jointed hairs. 



7. P. mollis, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4798 ; softly pubescent or tomentose, 

 not mealy, leaves 3-5 in. diam. orbicular deeply cordate obtusely lobulate and 

 erose, petiole stout, scape long, flowers in 2-5 loose superposed whorls, bracts 

 linear-lanceolate, corolla rosy, mouth annulate, limb flat, lobes obovate or 

 obcordate. 



Eastebn Himalaya ; Bhotaa, Booth. 



A near ally of P. cortusioides, and of the common garden P. sinensis. Crown with- 

 out sheathing scales. Leaves rather thick, pubescent on both surfaces ; petiole 

 3-6 in., base shortly sheathing. Scape and inflorescence 12-18 in.; whorls distant, 

 3-6-fld., pedicels 1— If in. Calyx membranous, broadly campanulate, loose, lobes 

 acuminate. Corolla f in. diam. Ovary globose, acute, upper half thickened ; stigma 

 globose. Fruit unknown. 



8. P. grei'^'nilfolia, Hook. f. ; very slender, softly pubescent, not mealy, 

 leaves 2-3 in. diam. orbicular deeply cordate acutely lobulate all round lobules 

 toothed, petiole very long, scape very slender, flowers in simple or superimposed 

 whorls, bracts few linear, corolla Jilac, mouth annulate, lobes obcordate. 



E. Tibet; Chumbi valley .'(between Sikkim and Bhotan), alt., about 10,000 ft.. 



