1389.] 



D. Prain — Some. adiKtional Species of Podicularis. 



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4. ( — ). P. Olive uiANA Prain. 



Tall slender glabrous, leaves 4-iiately whorled petioled ovate acute 

 pinnatisect, segments lanceolate pinnatifid, spike- interrupted, bracts 

 lanceolate pinnatifid serrate, calyx campannlate, corolla tube slightly ex- 

 ceeding calyx, lip 3-lobed obcordate lateral lobes ovate twice as large as 

 central orbicular, galea angularly curved deflexed beak long flexuous, 

 stamens inserted in middle of tube filaments glabrous. P. Oliveriana 

 Prain in Ann. Roy. Bot. Garden, Calcutta, iii ined. 



Eastern Himalaya: Phari, (Dr. King's collectors !). 



Roots not collected, portions of stem gathered 20-30 cm., calyx 

 5-6 mm. 5-toothod teeth lanceolate acute serrate equal, corolla purple 

 tube 7 mm. beak 10 mm., ovary ovate acuminate, stigma exserted; 

 capsule not seen. 



Repeats habit and foliage of P. semUorta Maxim. ; diagnosed by the 

 narrow simple bracts, the uncleft calyx and the edentulous throat. 



5. (4). P. QRACiLis Wall. ; Hook. /. 



6. (5). P. PORKECTA Wall. 



7. (G). P. BBEVIFOLIA Don. 



8. ( — ). P. iNSTAE Prain. 



Glabi-escent stems short or tall slender, catiline leaves few paired or 

 whorled distant short ovate oblong or lanceolate pinnatifid pubescent 

 segments crenate, spikes elongated interi-upted, bracts foliaceous, calyx 

 campannlate, corolla tube half exceeding calyx, lip 3-partite lobes ob- 

 ovate subequal, galea angularly bent beak narrow slightly decurved tip 

 acute entire, stamens inserted above middle of tube filaments glabrous. 



a. Var. ty-pica; stems solitary tall simple strict, radical leaves 

 evanescent petioled cauline 4-nately whorled sessile ovate oblong, beak 

 shorter than lip, capsule broadly ovate | exserted. P. instar Prain ; 

 Maxim., Mel. Biol, xii, 815, t. 2, f. 32. 



Eastern Himalava: Ong-la-thang and Pey-kiong-la, 13,000 feet, 

 (Dr. King's collectors!). 



(i. Var. parailoxa; stems single or many from base simple or 

 branched dwarf erect or ascending, radical leaves densely tufted 

 cauline opposite or 3-natoly (rarely 4-nately) whorled all linear lanceo- 

 late petioled, beak as long as lip, capsule lanceolate acute | exserted. 



Eastern Himalaya: Niapokri and Bijan, 11-12,000 feet, (Dr. 

 King's collectors !). 



Stems of type 30-GO cm., of VAK. paradoxa 3-8 cm., calyx 4-6 cm. 

 5-toothed not cleft upper tooth deltoid entire lateral ovate or lanceolate 

 serrate corolla dark red tube 6-8 mm. beak of type 4 mm. of vab. parailoxa 

 6 mm., filaments inserted midway between top of ovary and mouth of 

 tube, ovary ovate mucronate apex oblique, stigma exserted, capsule of 

 type 8 mm. of VAB. paradoxa 10-11 mm., seeds PS mm. pale distinctly 

 reticulated. 



