1889.] D. Prain— ;Some additional species of Pedicularis. 267 



2-derLtate below apex, stamens inserted near base of tube anterior 

 filaments bearded above. P. collata Prain in Ann. Roy. Bot. Garden, 

 Calcutta, iii ined. 



Eastern Himalaya : Chumbi, at Cho-la, (Dr. King's collector !) ; 

 Eastern Nepal, at Pey-kiong-la and Ny-e-gu, 11-13000 feet, (Mr. Pant- 

 ling's collectors !). 



Stems 1-4 cm., rootstook slender crowned with scales roots tufted 

 fibi'ous, flowers opposite in both pairs of bracts, or in lower pair only 

 with single terminal flower, calyx 10 mm. 5-toothed upper tooth entire 

 subulate the others ovate obtuse serrate with short narrow entire bases, 

 corolla pink tube 18 mm. dilated above externally lineate-pilose within 

 glandiilarly hairy, ovary ovate lanceolate disc anteriorly thickened, 

 stigma exserted ; capsule not seen. 



A very distinct dwarf species with large handsome flowers. The 

 habit repeats that of dwarf forms of P. Boylei. 



Series II. Cauline leaves alternate. 





* 



Upper lip leaked. 



3.3. 



(15). 



P. TRiCHOGLOSSA Hook. /. ; Maxim., Mel. Biol, xii., 842, 







t. 3, f. 63. 



34. 



(16). 



P. Claekei Hook. /. ; Maxim., Mel. Biol, xii., 840, t. 3, 







f. 60. 



35. 



(17). 



P. lachnoglossa Hook./. ; Maxim., Mel. Biol, xii., 837, 







t. 3, f. 55. 



36. 



(18). 



P. EXCELSA Hook. /. ; Maxim., Mel. Biol, xii,, 828, t. 3, 







f. 44. 



37. 



(19). 



P. MACRANTHA Klotzsch. 



VAR. 



typica 



; leaves pinnatipartite, flowers rosy red, beak conical 



gradually narrowing, central lobe of lip as long as lateral lobes. P. 

 macrantha Klotzsch in Reis. Pr. Wald., Bot., 108, t. 69; Hook. /., 

 Flor. Brit. Ind., iv, 311. 



Western Himalaya : Garhwal, (Strachey and Winterbottom,) ; 

 Kamaon, (Duthie, n. 3216 !) ; Kunawar, (HofEmeister !). 



VAR. lutescens ; leaves pinnatisect, corolla tube and lip yellow galea 

 and beak dark purple, galea slightly crested beak slender narrow from 

 the base, central lobe of lip shorter than lateral. P. ochroleuca Duthie ; 

 Maxim., Mel. Biol, xii., 790, t. 1, f. 5, (not of Schlosser). 



Western Himalaya: Kamaon, 14-15000 feet, in Mpschang Val- 

 ley ; West Nepal, at Nampa Gadh, (Duthie nn. 3219 ! 5848 !). 



38. ( — ). P. Garckeana Prain. 



Slender hirsute stems erect leafy, leaves petioled linear lanceolate 

 pinnatifid segments mucronate dentate, flowers numerous axillary race- 



