266 CL. HiEMODOEACE^. (J. D. Hookei.) 



2. p. Griffithil, Baker m Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 506 ; leaves long- 

 petioled 6-8 by If-SJ in. strongly 5-nerved, scape very short. 



' SiKKiM Himalaya, Griffith's Collectors ; alt. 1500 ft. Clarice. 



Leaves 5-6, with 5-distant nerves much stronger than the numerous others j 

 petiole 8-10 iu., very slender. Saceme many-fld. ; pedicels short, stout j bracts long ; 

 flowers not seen. Seeds globose, about ^ in. diam. 



** Bracts 1- rarely 2-fld. Flowers cernuous. 



3. P. violacea, Wall. Cat. 5084; leaves 6-12 by 1^3 in., long- 

 petioled, nerves very many, racemes usually skorter than the petiole many- 

 fld., flowers violet-blue. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 502. P. Teta, 

 Wall. Cat. 5083 A in pa/rt. P. campanulata. Wall. mss. 



Eastern Himalaya, the Khasia Hills, and BtraMA. 



Habit of P. Teta and with flowers of the same size and colour, but solitary in the 

 bracts. Seeds f in. long, oblong. — Baker has three varieties. 1. minor, with 

 smaller fewer 5-7-nerved leaves and smaller green flowers ; 2. Clarkeij with more 

 conspicuous transverse nervules and a darker purple flower ; 3. Frinceps, more 

 robust, leaves broader, 4-4^ in. diam., racemes longer, flowers greenish. — Moolmein, 

 Lobb. 



4. p. macropliylla, Wall. mss. ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 

 505; leaves petioled 10-18 by 8-4^ in. elliptic-lanceolate nerves 13-15 

 strong, scape long or short, raceme many-fld., flowers greenish or purple. 



Eastekn Himalaya j Sikkim alt. 3-60O ft., J. I). H. ; Clarke ; Mishmi Hills, 

 Griffith. 



The largest and stoutest Indian species, but I suspect only a further development 

 of P. violacea var. Frinceps. Seeds globose or obturbinate. 



5. P. neilgrherriensis, Wight. Ic. t. 2052 ; leaves long-petioled 4-8 

 by f-lj^ in. with 5-10 stronger nerves, scape about equalling the leaves, 

 bracts short, flowers small. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 503. P. 

 longifolia, Steudel PI. Canara Exsico. u. 1306. 



Malabab and Canaka ; in the Ghats, Wight., S^c. 



Leaves few, membranous, transverse nervules conspicuous ; petiole 6-9 in., very 

 slender. Scape 4-6 in.; raceme as long; lower bracts many, J in., upper very 

 short ; perianth dark purple, i in. diam. Seeds obturbinately ovoid. 



6. P. courtallensis, WigU. Ic. t. 2057 ; leaves long-petioled 8-12 

 by lJ-2 in. with 5 strong nerves, scape much shorter than the leaves, bracts 

 longer than the flowers. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 604. P. Teta, 

 Wall. Oat. 5083 B. 



Tbavanooee ; at Courtallum, Wight., ^c. 



A much larger plant than P. neilgherriensis, with leaves twice as long as the 

 scape and raceme, and long lanceolate bracts much exceeding the flowers. — In a 

 coloured drawing of this by Jerdon, the flowers are blue-purple, \ in diam. 



7. P. humilis, Andrews Bot. Bepos. t. 634 {not of Baker); dwarf, 

 leaves sessile or very shortly petioled elliptic-lanceolate 5-nerved, scape 

 short stout, raceme short, bracts ovate about equalling the small 

 crowded very shortly pedioelled flowers. Bot. Mag. t. 1532 ; JCunth JEnum. 

 V. 3U7. 



Penang, Maingay, 

 Leaves about 3 in. long ; petiole shorter than the blade or 0. Flowers about 

 } in. diam.; segments of perianth green margined with white, obtuse and emargi- 



