— 211 — 



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Pamir: N. 986, on moist slopes near Jashil Kul. Alt. 4000 m . July 

 1898. 



The lower bracts are trifid, as Bunge describes them. 



14. Pedicularis pulchra n. sp. 



(Sect. Bidentatae) Perennis humilis foliis 2 — 4-natim verticillatis 

 circumscriptione anguste lanceolatis, petiolatis, sinuato-pinnatißdis laciniis 

 (15—20) distantibus aculeato-serratis tenuiter 

 arachnoideo-pubescentibus vel fere glabris. 



Flores 2 — 4-natim verticillati br éviter 

 pedicellati distantia inter verticillos longiores. 

 Bracteae longitudine calycis lineari-lanceolatae 

 acutae superne minute denticulatae. 



Calyx l — l,4 cm longus campanulato-cylin- 

 dricus elevatim nervosus, nervi episepali magni 

 arachnoideo-pubescentes , dentes 5 — 7 (1—2 

 parvi accessorii) acuti cartilagineo-mucro- 

 nati integri. 



Corolla calycem ter aequans sursum 

 ampliata recta vel inferne curvatula. Galea 

 labio paullo longior erostris (rariter rostrum 

 acutum, fere perpendiculariter erectum adest) 

 superne rotundata antice truncata et infra 

 apicem utrinque unidentata. — Labii lobi 

 rotundati, medius parvus. 



Filamenta prope basin corollae inserta, longa longiuscule, brevia 

 breviter lanata. — Capsula longiter (10 — 10 

 longa vel brevior, ovata beviter acuminata, 

 longa testa cinerea reticulata vestita. 



Pamir: N. 988, on moist slopes near Jashil Kul. Alt. 4000 m . July 

 29. 1898; (flowering specimen) N. 1068, ibid. Aug. 8. 1898. Alt. 3800 m 

 (fruiting specimen). 



This species seems to be most allied to the Platyrrhynchae Prain 

 (1. c. p. 86). The leaves are rather like those of P. alaschanica Max., as 

 they are figured by Prain PI. 25 AB but in the flowers this species is 

 quite different from P. pulchra, see also Maxim. 1. c. tab. V fig. 86. 



15. Pedicularis pycnantha Bois. fl. or. IVp. 484; Maxim. 1. c p. 894; 

 Hook. fl. brit. Ind. IV p. 310; Prain 1. c. p. 179, pi. 28, B. 



Alai mountains: N. 465, in Juniper forest at Olgin Lug. Alt. 

 2700 m . June 21. 1898. 



16. Pedicularis rhinanthoides Schrenk. ; Ldb. 11. ros. III p. 276 

 Maxim. 1. c. p. 786; Prain 1. c. p. 109, pl. I, A-D; 0. Fedtschenko flore du 

 Pamir 1. c. p. 162. 



Fig. 1. 



l ) pedicellata sepalis aequi- 

 Semina elliptica c. 2,5 mm 



