1889.] 



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Western Himalaya : LaLul, (Watt !) ; Pangi, (Heyde !). 



Roots tufted fusiform fleshy, stems numerous slender, calyx 8 mm. 

 5-tootlied teeth lanceolate subequal upper entire the rest serrate, corolla 

 dark red tube 12-14 mm., beak 8 mm. twice as long as lip, ovai-y o'tate 

 acuminate, stigma exserted, capsule ovate 11 mm. | exserted straight 

 acuminate. 



The villous habit of this species recalls P. hrevifolia Don, with 

 which some gatherings of it have been placed. The straight capsule, 

 entire apex of beak, high staminal insertion, long corolla tube, and 

 tufted fleshy roots indicate a closer alliance to P. porreda than to 

 P. hrevifolia; its lanceolate leaves, however, at once distinguish it, and 

 the calyx is quite different from that of P. porreda, while the very 

 small scarcely lobed lip removes it equally from both. 



11. (7). P. FLExnosA Hook. /. ; Maxim., Mel. Biol, xii, 810, t. 2, 

 f. 35. 



12. ( — ). P. CHUMBICA Prain. 



Dwarf stems simple slender glabrous tufted, leaves ovate oblong ob- 

 tuse pinnatisect segments ovate serrate-dentate long petioled radical 

 densely caespitose cauline opposite 1-paired or 0, bracts foliar shortly 

 petioled, flowers few subcapitate pedicels short, calyx campanulate shortly 

 cleft, corolla tube thrice as long as calyx, lip 3-sect lobes rotund sub- 

 equal, galea angularly curved throat 2-siuuate beak long straight slender 

 apex acute entire, stamens inserted below middle of tube filaments 

 glabrous. P. chnmhica Prain in Ann. Roy. Bot. Garden, Calcutta, iii ined. 



Eastern Himalaya: Ohumbi, 11-12,000 feet, at Za-ne-gang and 

 Put-lo, (Dr. King's collectors !). 



Roots fibrous slender, stems 4-7 cm., calyx 5 mm. 5-toothed upper 

 tooth entire subulate the others lanceolate serrate, corolla pink or pur- 

 ple tube 14-17 mm , beak 8 mm., anterior filaments inserted at middle 

 of tube posterior opposite top of ovary, stigma exserted, capsule 11 mm. 

 I exserted ovate lanceolate apex straight acute, seeds 1'25 mm. few 

 ovate dark minutely reticulated. 



In habit resembles P. confertiflora but with a much longer tube and 

 with altogether different capsule and seeds that ally it to P.jlexuosa. 



13. ( — ). P. TEN0ICAULIS Pi-ain. 



Stems slender decumbent or ascending, leaves long petioled 2-pia- 

 natisect ultimate segments pinnatipartite radical caespitose cauline ]-2- 

 paired opposite, bracts foliar, flowers axillary opposite distinctly pedicel- 

 led lower remote upper subcapitate, calyx campanulate slightly cleft, 

 corolla tube slightly exceeding calyx, lip 3-fid lobes rotund lateral \ ex- 

 ceeding central, galea angularly curved beak straight apex acute entire, 

 stamens inserted in middle of tube anterior filaments hirsute. P, tenui- 

 caulis Prain in Ann. Boy. Bot. Garden, Calcutta, iii ined. 



