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D. Prain— /Some additional Species 0/ Pedicularis. [No. 3, 



Yab. iypica repeats habit, foliage, calyx and capsule of P. denudata, 

 TAB. paradoxa those of F. polygaloides, two species that differ as widely 

 in appearance as do the two varieties of P. instar. In these however a 

 diagnosis may be effected by means of the stamens, — glabrous in P. 

 poh/galoides, hirsute in P. denudata; in P. instar TAB. typica the filaments 

 are glabrous as they are in TAB. paradoxa and the forms are not separa- 

 ble as species. 



9. [6], P. CONFEETIFLORA Prain. 



Stems dwarf or elongated usually branching from the base pabes- 

 cent or villous, leaves oblong pinnatisect segments ovate incised serrate 

 radical petioled densely tufted cauline opposite one or more paired sub- 

 sessile, bracts laciniate segments 3-7 crested at tips, flowers subcapitate 

 or with lowest pair or whorl shortly removed, calyx campanulate, corolla 

 tube twice as long as calyx, lip 3-fid lateral lobes broadly ovate much 

 wider than rounded central, galea angularly curved beak very long 

 narrow slightly decurved apex obtuse entire slightly recurved, stamens 

 inserted in middle of tube filaments glabrous. P. confertiflora Prain 

 in Ann. Roy. Bot. Garden, Calcutta, iii ined. P. hrevifolia Herb. Ind. 

 or. H. f. and T. T. (nec. Don). 



Eastern Himalaya : Sikkim, (Hooker !) ; Chumbi and Phari, (Dr. 

 King's collectors !). 



Roots slender stems 6-15 cm. erect simple or many from base cen- 

 tral erect the others ascending or decumbent, calyx 6-7 mm. 5-toothed 

 teeth long narrow lanceolate upper entire the rest with entire bases and 

 serrate tijos, corolla pink or white tube 11 mm. lateral lobes of lip nearly 

 meeting behind galea, beak 10 mm., ovary ovate apex mucronate, stigma 

 exserted, capsule 10 mm. ovate lanceolate apex oblique | exserted, seeds 

 1'25 mm. ovoid tawny distinctly reticulated. 



Capsule and seeds resemble those of P. instar and P. hrevifolia. 

 Differs from both as to calyx and bracts ; P. instar tab. paradoxa is at 

 once separable by its deeply 3-partite lower lip, P. hrevifolia by its 

 emarginate apex of beak. 



10. (— ). P. Heydei Prain. 



Stems villous ascending simple, leaves densely pubescent lanceolate 

 acute pinnatifid segments acute serrate radical long petioled tufted 

 cauline 3-paired lower shortly petioled upper sessile, bracts foliar 

 sessile, flowers few subspicato pedicels almost equalling calyx, calyx ob- 

 long villous, corolla tube | longer than calyx, lip small siuuately 3-lobed 

 lobes semi-rotund equal margin eroso-crenulate, galea angularly curved 

 beak long falcate apex acute entire, stamens inserted above middle of 

 tube filaments glabrous. F. Heydei Prain in Ann. Roy. Bot. Garden, 

 Calcutta, iii ined, 



