178 AXODONTJE.
Ill HIMALAYA orientali:—Sikkim; ad fines regni Nepali®, apud Ny-e-gu, 14,000 p. s. m.,
atque in Cho-la, Kingii mcrccnar. ! J alio floret 5 corolla punicea; sp. fructigerum nondum
communicatum.
Caulibus 2—6 cm. altis rhizomate 0—1-5 cm. longo radicibus 1—4 cm. longis, petiolis
riidicalibus 3—6 cm, longis reliquis 1—l o cm. lamiiiis 1—2 cm. longis liis 0 7 5—1 cm.
latís segmentis 4—5 X 3 mm., pedicellis 3—5 mm. longis, calyce 10—12 mm. longo hoc
4-5 mm. lato, corolla; tubo 17—20 mm. longo galea 10 mm. lunga 3-5 mm. lata labio
2U mm. lato;
PLATE 31. C ; figs. 14—17.—Pedicularis collata Frain.
Specimen from Ny-e-gu, Jongri .
Thi s accomit is based on the e.^amination of 31 specimens. The species recalls the
habit of the large flowered form of P . lioyld and, less readily, that of P . sohizorrhyncha ^
but as regards its corolla structure it is unlike any Indian species. I t appears to form
a distinct monotypic group near tlie Caucaaicce.
66. Pediciüaris fragilis Prain
Elongata parce hirsuta rhizomate tenero repente radicibus lìliformibus plus minus
c^spitosis caule fragili simplice vel parco ramoso imo tertio decumbente nodisque radicante
ccterum erecto folioso foliis 3-natim vertiuillatis subsessilibus membranaceo-herbaceis elHp.
ticis acutis pinnatipartitis segmentis 5—7-jugis late lanceolatis mucronato-inciso-dentatis
rtoribus axillaribus subsessilibus calycis campanulati membranacei antic© nec fissi 5-dentati
segmentis intervallis paribus anguste lanceolatis asquilongis summo integro reliquis minutissime
serratis corolla} tubo extus púberulescente cylindrico calycem duplo superante labio
subquadrato intus 2-plicato antico 3-lobo lobis margine ciliatis lateralibus anguste ovatis
acutis medio obovato cuculiato prominente dimidio angustioribus galea erecta subito in
rostrum brevissinmm truncatum dilatata staniinibus ex adverso medü ovarii insertis
ñlamentis anticis apicem versus puberulis ovario ovato stigmate incluso capsula nec
exserta subglobosa subito acuminata seminibus parvulis spharicis antice sulcatis testa
pallidis distincte reticulatis.—P. fragilis Frain, Maxim., Mei. Biol. xii, 866, t. 5, / . 93;
•Jour. As. Soc. iieng. Iviii, 2, 263.—Pedicularis sp., C. B. Clarice, Jour. Linn. Soc. x s v
(1889), 51.
In alpibus ASSAMI^ ;—Kliasia, 4—6,000 p. s. m., Mann (n. 348) ! Barél; in Puiinabadza;
7,200 p. s. m. et supra Siwenichika, 8,000 p. s. m., Prain! in Manipur boreali,
6,500 p, s. m., Clurke (n. 42014).
CauHbus 15—30 cm. altis rliizomate 5—8 cm. longo radicibus 2 cm. foliis 3—4
X l o—2 cm. segmentis 10 X 4 mm., calyco 5 mm. longo hoc 2-ò mm. lato, coroll® tubo
9 mm. longo, galea 6-5 X 3-5 mm. rostro 1 mm. longo labio 5-5 mm. longo hoc vix 3
ram. lato, capsula 5 X 4-5 mm. seminibus 1 mm. longis latisque. Julio—Soptembri floret ;
corolla viridi! vel alba (Clarke Z. c.).
PLATE 31. A ; figs. 1—6.—Pedicularis fragilis Prain.
Specimen from Pulinabadza, near Kohima ; Angami Naga Hills.
This description is based on the examination of 19 specimens. The species is very
distinct; it inhabits humid shady forests in the Assam Hills, and whore I gathered
it was distinctly semi-saprophytic and not semi-parasitic, l l r . C. B. Clarke has very
kindly verified the identification of the species with the single specimen of hiti
n. 42044 which is preserved at Kew. Both Mr. Maxictiowicz and Mr. Clarke have
(independently) expressed the opinion that this species is nearly related to P . denudata,
it is therefore with considerable difiidence that I venture to tliink tliat this relationship
is not at all marked. The very peculiar lower Hp whereby it approaches the next
species and differs from most other species at present known seems to indicate that thu
two form together a very distinct and natura! di-typic group—as is indicated in the
Conspectus of Affinities" (part ii, chap. vi).
67. Pedicularis Kingii Prain (I888).
Elata parce pubescens rhizomate brevi repente collo paucisquamato ex axillis sqiiamorum
stolona tenera apice squamata emittente radicibus filiformibus caule debili gracillimo
flexuoso simplice vel paniculato-ramoso folioso foliis suboppositis vel oppoStis
omnibus longe petiolatis laminis ovatis pinnatisecris segmentis 5—6-jugis iis cauli propioribus
petiolulatis sub-alternis oblongis pinnatifldis laciniis ovatis nmcronato-dentatis
floribus versus apices caulis et ramorum brevipedicellatis caìycis ovato-cainpanulati membranacei
glaberrimi antice profunde fissi 5-dentati segmentis integris deltoideis postico
reliquis dimidio majore corolte tenera; rectaì tubo late cylindrico calycem duplo supera2ite
labio subquadrato 2-plicato antice 3-lobo lobis lateralibus acute ovatia medio prominente
rotundato concavo duplo minoribus galea parum inclinata fronte rotundata staminibus ex
adverso medii ovarii insertis filameritis anticis versus apicem distincte barbatis ovario
ovato stigmate subcxserto disco antice parum incrassato.—P. Kingi i Prain, Maxim Mei
Biol. xii, 895, t. 5, / . 131 ; Jour. As. Soc. Beng. Iviii, 2, 264. ' '
In HIMALAYA orientali :—Sikkim ; od Gang-tuk. Kingii mercenar. !
Caulibus 15—30 cm. altis rhizomate 2 - 4 cm. longo, radicibus 5—6
squamigei'is 5—10 cm. longis petioHs 2—6 cm. longis laminis 4 x 3
mm. laciniis 3 x 2 mra., pedicellis 1—3 mm., calyce 4
longo galea 7-5 X 3 ò mm. labio 4-.5 X 3'5 mm.
AuguRto floret; color ex sicco forsan albus.
PLATE 28. A; figs. l_5.—Pedi cul a r i s Kingi i Prain.
Specimen from Gang-tuk.
stolonibus
segmentis x 6
longo, corolloe tubo 8'5 mm.
Tliis description is based on an examination of 8 specimens. TIils species is also
a very distinct and i^markable one. Mr. Maximovvicz looks on it as an aberrant member
of the ¿ r — , and this, I believe, is its true place. Owing, however, to its ab
nature and to its evident affinity as regards lower lip with P . ^agilis, I have placed
these two in a special group apart from, bat still close to, the group Cauea^ica-.
68. Pedicularis pycnantha Poe^s. (1853) ; IiooL/., FU Brit h„?
. P. Alberti exclus.) (1S84). ' , 310
Humihs pubescens rhizomate mcrassato carnoso extus crustaceo radicibus fusiformibus
oarnosis collo squamis latis ovatis membranaceis vestito plaricipite caulibus a s c e n Z t
fohis radicahbus ca^spitosis demum evanescentibus caulinis verticillis ( ^ H t e r T t T
nunquam verticillo iufcrioreparibus 2 oppositis decussatim intervallo
Ass. EOV. BoT. a»«I). OUCNIIA, TOL. III. ti