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1889.] D. Prain — Some aMitional species of Pedicnlaris. 2G5 



11—16,500 feet, and Upper Sutlej, 17000 feet, (Heydo !) ; Hazara, 

 (Stewart) ; Gilgit, (Giles !). Distrib. : Eastern Tiu-kestan, Altyn and 

 Alatau Mts. 



P. Alherti lias alternate, not opposite, leaves ; its stamens too are all 

 glabrous while the anterior pair in this species have hirsute filaments : 

 though the leaves of P. Alherti much resemble those of P. pycnantha its 

 centrifugal inflorescence allies it more closely to P. Oederi which also 

 has alternate leaves. 



29. ( — ). P. LTBATA Prain. 



Dwarf, simple or many headed, pubescent, leaves opposite suboordate 

 ovate obtuse widely crenate denticulate petioled, bracts foliar, flowers 

 subracemose shortly pedicelled, calyx tubular hirsute pubescent, corolla 

 tube straight \ exceeding calyx, lip 3-lobed 2-plicate above lobes rotund 

 eroso-crenulate subequal central emarginato, galea curved apex angu- 

 larly cucullate prolonged shortly downwards then bifid with segments 

 laciniato, stamens inserted near base of tube filaments glabrous. P. 

 hjrata Prain ; Maxim., Mel. Biol, xii, 890, t. 4, f. 135. 



Easteen Htmalata : Phari and Ting, (Dr. King's collector !). 



Stems 3-6 cm., root slender branching, petioles of radical loaves 

 as long as blado of cauline short, bracts sessile, calyx 8 mm. deeply 

 ^ 5.toothed hardly cleft upper tooth subulate the others with short narrow 



entire base and elliptic serrate-dentate lamina, corolla white tube 12 

 mm. slightly widened above glandular ciliate within, galea teeth 3-fid 

 lowest segment subulate longer than the other two triangular, ovary 

 lanceolate disc thickened in front, stigma included, capsule 14 mm. 

 oblong-lanceolate acute nearly half exserted, seeds small Vh mm. ovoid 

 rufous distinctly reticulated. 



P. lutescens Franchet, to which this species is most nearly allied, 

 difiers by its shorter corolla tube, its 5-fid galea teeth, and its disc 

 prolonged anteriorly into a spur. 



30. ( — ). P. cosirTONiiEFOLiA Franchct. 



Stems tall erect pubevulous terete strict simple or sparingly branched 

 above, leaves coriaceous shortly petioled 4-nately whorled linear oblong 

 acuminate piunatifid segments rounded margins cartilaginous minutely 

 toothed, flowers short pedicelled numerous in interrupted spikes, bracts 

 foliar mucronate-serrate longer than campanulate membranous calyx, 

 corolla tube bent obtusely below middle expanded above three times as 

 long as calyx, lip stipitate broadly ovate 2-plicate above shortly 3-lid 

 lob^s creuulate central rounded prominent smaller than ovate lateral, 

 galea erect straight shortly beaked apex obliquely truncate with lateral 

 subulate teeth below, stamens inserted opposite top of ovary filaments 

 all pilose at insertion anterior pair hirsute above. P. comptonimfolia 

 Franchet ; Maxim., Mel. Biol, xii., 871 t. 5, f, 96. 



