1889.] D. Prahi — Some additional species of Peiionlaria. 269 



pinnatifid sei'rate dentate, flowers pedicelled axillary in dense racemes, 

 calyx subglobose inflated hirsute corolla tube hardly as long as calyx, lip 

 3-lobed lateral lobes ovate twice as large as central orbicular, galea much 

 inflated abruptly bent beak half as long as galea directed downwards 

 deeply bifid, stamens inserted in middle of tube filaments hirsute. P. 

 Sculhjana Prain ; Maxim., Mel. Biol, xii, 789, t. 1, f. 6. 

 ^ Central and Eastern Himalaya :— Nopal, (Wallioh ! Scully!); 



Jongri, (Dr. King's collectors !). 



Stems 24-50 cm. as thick as little finger, rootstock horizontal thick 

 fleshy, leaves with white crisp hairs, pedicels shorter than calyx, calyx 

 20 mm. 5-toothed teeth equal ovate lanceolate deeply serrate, corolla 

 yellow tube 18 mm. expanded above extei-nally pilose, beak 4 mm. seg- 

 ments acute, ovary lanceolate stigma exserted, capsule ovate acuminate 

 23 mm. ^ exserted, seeds 3 mm. pale appeudaged below, reticulations 

 email but deep. 



43. (21). P. megalantha Don. 



TAK. tyiiica ; flowers numerous densely racemose, corolla tube 2-3 

 times as long as calyx, lateral lobes of lip twice as wide as irregularly 

 triangular central. P. megalantha Don. Prodr. Plor. Nepal. 94 ; Wall., 

 Cat. 411 ; Benth., DC. Prodr. x, 564 ; Kegel, Gartenflora, t. 943 ; Hook. 

 / /., Flor. Brit. Ind. iv, 312. P. Hoffmeisteri Klotzsch, Reis. Pr. Wald., 



Bot., 108, t. 60. 



Alpine Himalaya : Kashmir to Chumbi and Bhutan. 



VAE. pauciflora ; flowers few (3-6) axillary; corolla tube 4-5 times 

 I as long as calyx, lateral lobes of lip deeply etnarginate 4-5 times 



as wide as subligulate central. P. megalantha tab. pauciflora Prain; 

 Maxim., Mel. Biol, xii, 793. 



Eastern Himalaya : Chumbi and Jongri, (Dr. King's collectors !). 



Corolla tube, of type 50-55 mm., of VAR. pauciflora 80 mm. Flowers 

 in West Himalaya golden-yellow, in Nepal pink galea with yellow tube 

 and lijo, in Sikkim and Bhutan rose-purple, in S. Tibet dark purple. 



44. (22). P. BicoRNDTA Klotzsch. 



45. [26]. P. ELEPHANTOiDES Benth. 



Stems pubescent simple stout erect leafy, leaves petioled linear 

 oblong jDiunatifid segments obtuse crenate, flowers numerous crowded 

 racemose pedicelled, calyx inflated glabrous, corolla tube hardly exceed- 

 -■"^ ing calyx, lip deeply 3-lobed lateral lobes ovate | wider than central 



oblong, galea slightly inflated beak narrow very long slender flexuous 

 apex reflexed obtuse entire, stamens inserted near apex of tube filaments 

 glabrous. P. elephantoides Benth., Scroph. Ind. 53, and DC. Prodr, x, 

 561 ; Maxim., Mel. Biol, xii, t. 1, f. 4. 



