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The Pseudoregelia Section 
The members of the section may be separated as follows : 
( Stem not produced or extremely short ; tube long. 
I Stem produced. 
(Spathes i -flowered; plant very slender. 
I Spathes 2-flowered ; plant stouter. 
(Tube short, under I in. long. 
1 Tube long, — 2 in. 
I kumaonensis (p. 130). 
1. 
/. goniocarpa (p. 133). 
2 . 
/. Hookeriana (p. 131). 
/. sikkimensis (p. 134). 
+ /. KUMAONENSIS 
(Plate XXX) 
Wallich Cat no. 5052. 
Baker in J. L. S. xvi. p. 144 (1877). 
Hdk. Irid. p. 24 (1892). 
Synonyms. 
/. tigrina, Jacquemont MS. (K). 
/ Kingiana 1 , Foster in Gard. Chron. 1887, I. p. 61 1. 
•Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6957 (1887). 
/. Duthuii *, Foster in Gard. Chron. 1887, I. p. 61 1. 
Baker, Hdk. Irid. p. 25 (1892). 
Distribution. The Garhwal and Kumaon districts of the Himalaya at an elevation of from 8 — 18,000 feet. 
[N.B. Specimens (E) collected in May 1911 at an elevation of 12,000 — 13,000 ft at A-tun-tsi in 
N.W. Yunnan seem to show that I. kumaonensis extends into Western China. It should be 
remembered that this is also the case with I. nepalensis.'] 
Kumaon, 182-, Wallich, no. 5052 (LS) (K) (BM) (C). 
Phulaldaru, Tehri Garhwal, 1883, Duthie (K) (BM). 
Kunawur, 1881, Brandis (K). 
Bussahir (Sungri), 1881, Brandis (K). 
Kumaon, 1846-49, Strachey, no. 756 (K). 
Babd ; Tari Pass, 1856, Schlagintweit, no. 9929 (BM) (B). 
Kishtvar; Trilodnath to Kali Pass, 1856, Schlagintweit, no. 3834 (B). 
Niti; Garhwal, 1846-49, Strachey and Winterbotham (K). 
Kedarkauta, 18 — , Jacquemont (K). 
Ralum Valley, 1884, Duthie, no. 3426 (K). 
Marati, 1886, Collett (K). 
Dhurmsala, 1874, Clarke, 23914 A (K). 
Bashahr ; Bagi-Sungri, 1890, Lace (E). 
Kumaon, 1896, Cleghom (E). 
Tehri Garhwal; Kuthiamund, 1899, Duthie, no. 22,556 (B). 
Garhwal; Badrinath, 1855, Schlagintweit, no. 10,003 (B). 
Johar; Milum, 1855, Schlagintweit, no. 9677 (B). 
Gnari Khorsum, S. of the Sutlej, 1855, Schlagintweit, nos. 7067, 7337 (B). 
Uta Dhura Pass and across the Kinugar Pass, 1855, Schlagintweit, no. 7337 (B). 
Lance’s no. 275 (K) is an example of the rare caulescent form, from some unknown locality in the 
N.W. Himalaya. The stem is 2$ in. long. 
Diagnosis. 
I. kumaonensis Pseudoregelia ; rhizoma compactum ; folia sub anthesin brevissima, denique pedalia 
aut sesquipedalia, linearia, glaucescentia ; caulis brevissimus ; spatharum valvae carinatae, herbaceae ; 
tubus 2 — 3 pollicaris ; segmenta omnia maculata, truncata, emarginata, exteriora pilis albis aurantiaco- 
capitatis barbata. 
Description. 
Rootstock , a compact, gnarled rhizome, bearing a few fibrous remains of old leaves. 
Leaves, very short, about 3 — 8 in. long at flowering time, but developing later to 18 in. by £ in., 
linear, pale green, glaucous. 
Stem, usually undeveloped, under 1 in. and only 2 — 3 in. long in the rare caulescent form. 
Spathes, 1 — 2 flowered, valves keeled, pale green, acuminate, scarious only at the tip, loosely 
wrapping the base of the tube, but leaving the upper part exposed. 
Pedicel, J in. or less. 
Ovary, short, almost circular or slightly hexagonal in section. 
Tube , 2 — 3 in. long, striped with dark purple. 
Falls. The cuneate haft is white marked with thick purplish broken veins and the oblong, ovate 
blade is of some shade of purple, veined and mottled, rather than blotched, with a darker shade near 
' Named after Dr George King, a Director of the Calcutta Botanic Garden. 
* Named after a Superintendent of the Saharanpur Botanic Garden. 
