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In Himalaya orientali ; Sikkim, Mt. Tankra, 11,500 p. s. ra.; G.A. 
Ganunie ! 
Caulibus 40-60 cm, longis, foliis caulinis 2-2-5 cm. longis his 
0-75-1 cm. latis, segmentis 5 mm. longis 3 mm latis, petiolis 0-5-1 cm. 
longis ; calyce 6 mm. longo hoc 3-5 mm. lato; corollae tubo 10 mm, longo 
apice 4 mm. lato, galea 5 mm. longa, labio 8 mm. lato; capsula 12 ram. 
longa 5 mm. lata. 
This species is most nearly related to P. verticillata Linn, and P. 
refiacta Maxim, but besides differing greatly in habit and foliage from 
both it differs from P. verticillata in having a calyx with large teeth 
and with a tube reticulated throughout while it differs from P. refracta 
in having the anterior and lateral calyx teeth serrate and not entire ; 
from both it differs in having acute, not muticous, anther-cells. 
Of Indian species, it in habit much resembles P. fiexuosa Hook, f., 
though it is glabrescent while that species is hirsute, but the plan4^ that 
it imitates most closely is P. gracilis Wall. var. viacrocarpa Prain, the 
likeness being so great that though in flower they differ so widely, it is 
not easy to distinguish fruiting specimens of the two. 
2. Pedicularis flaccida Prain, sp. nov. (PI. IL). 
Ascendens glabra caulibus gracilibus corymbosim ramosis, foliis 
ramisque 3-4-natim verticillatis radicalibus mox evanescentibus cau¬ 
linis breve petiolatis ovatis pinnatifidis segmentis 5-6-jugis obtusis 
inciso-serratis ; floribus in verticillis 4-floris paucis remotisque dispositis, 
bracteis foliaceis calycem excedentibus; calycis glaberrimi parvuli 
campanulati antice parum fissi 5-dentati segmentis omnibus oblongis 
integris tubo costato nec reticulato; corollae tubo sursum ampliato 
calycem 3-plo excedente basi infracto, labio 3-lobo lobis lateralibus 
ovatis medio orbiculato basi constricto 3-plo majoribus, galea leviter 
arcuata tubo subcontinua apice subincurva erostri, staminibus ex ad- 
verso medii ovarii insertis omnibus glabris, antheris contiguis muticis ; 
ovario ovoideo stigmate exserto. 
In China occidentali ; Szechuen Occident, prope lachienlu, Pratt n. 
471 ! , . • . • 
Caulibus 20-25 cm. longis foliis caulinis i cm. longis his 0-7 cm. 
latis segmentis 2 mm. longis i mm. latis, petiolis 0-5 cm. longis; calyce 
2-5 mm. longo hoc 2 mm. lato; corollae tubo 8 mm. longo apice 4‘5 mm. 
lato, galea 4 mm. longa, labio 7 mm. lato. 
Like the preceding species this is also closely related to P. verti¬ 
cillata Linn, but differs considerably in habit, and though it has the 
calyx tube ribbed and not reticulated, just as P. verticillata has, it differs 
in having the calyx distinctly toothed and extremely small. The stamens 
also differ in being all glabrous whereas in P. verticillata the anterior 
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