264 D. Pra.m~8ome addUional species 0/ Pedicularis. [No. 3, 



A very distinct species semi-sapropliytie in humid shady forests of 

 the Assam range, in which parasitism was carefully looked for but 

 could not be detected. Attachment of roots to decaying vegetable 

 matter was made out in the field in the specimens obtained in the Barel 

 range. 



27. (— ). p. KiNGii Prain. 



Stems elongate very slender flesuose branching sparingly hairy, 

 leaves opposite long petioled ovato pinnatisect segments subalternate 

 2-pmnatifld, flowers pedicelled racemose axillary, calyx campanulate 

 deeply cleft, corolla straight tube wide cylindrio twice as long as calyx, 

 lip snbqnadrate 2-plicate above 3-lobed in front lateral lobes ovate 

 acute half as wide as central rounded concave, galea slightly bent 

 forward rounded in front apex cucullate, stamens inserted near base 

 of tube anterior filaments distinctly bearded above. P. Kinyii Prain ; 

 Maxim., Mel. Biol, xii, 895, t. 4, f. 127. 



Eastern Himalaya : Sikkim, at Gang-tuk, (Dr. King's collectors !). 



Rhizome slender crowned with few stoloniferous scales, stolons 

 very slender 5-15 cm. with scales at tips, leaf segments nearer stem 

 distinctly petioluled, flowers in leaf axils towards points of stem and 

 branches, calyx 4 mm. membranous cleft to base anteriorly teeth 5 

 small entire deltoid upper very minute, corolla tube 8-5 mm., anther 

 lobes acutely tailed tips exserted, ovary ovate disc slightly thickened 

 anteriorly, stigma subexserted ; capsule not seen. 



A very distinct and remarkable species. 



28. (14). P. PYCNANTHA Boiss. ; Hook./., Flor. Brit. Ind. iv, 310 

 (syn. P. Alberti exclus.). 



Vae. typica; bracts subentire, lip distinctly shorter than galea 

 lobes rounded, stamens inserted just below middle of tube. P. pyenantlia 

 Boiss., Diagn., ser. i, xii, 45 and Flor. orient, iv, 484 ; Maxim., Mel. 

 Biol, xi, 291 and xii, 895, t. 4, f. 127. P, Olgae Kegel, Acta Hort. 

 Petrop. vi, 348 and Plant. Fedsch., 61. Pedicularis, sp. Aitchison, 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. n. s. iii, 9. 



Western Himalaya : Gilgit, 9-10,000 feet, (Giles !) ; Afghanistan, 

 Kuram valley, (Aitchison !). Distrib. : Northern Persia, Western Tur- 

 kestan. 



Vae. Semenoivi ; bracts serrate, lip nearly equalling galea lobes 

 sliortly emarginate, stamens inserted opposite top of ovary. P. Seme- 

 nowi Kegel, Bull. Soc. Imp. Mosc. xii, 108 and Plant. Semenow., n. 810 ; 

 Maxim., Mel. Biol, xi, 294 and xii, 894, t. 4, f. 129. P. orthantha 

 Griseb. var. — ; Maxim., Mel. Biol, x, 129. 



Western Himalaya : Rantak-chu, (Falconer !) ; Kunawar, (Royle!); 

 Astor, 13,000 feet, (Tanner !) ; Laliul, (Hay ! Stoliczka ! Watt !) ; Pangi, 



