Vab.
p-
SIPHONANTH^.
iypica; corolla: tubo calycem 4—ó plo superante galea fauce acutiuscule
2.dentata; foliorum segmentis lanceolatia —P. siplionantlm Don, Prodr.
Mar. Nepal 98; Wall, Cai 417; Batk, Senph. Ind. 53; Walp., Btp. ili,
413; Bentìi., DC. Prodr. x, 565; Maxim., Mei. Biol. xii, 796.-P. Hookeriana
Wall., Oat. 421 (1828); Benth., Seroph. Ivd., 53; Walp., Mep. iil,
413; Benth., DO. Prodr. s, 564.—P. himalayca Xlotzseh, Reis. Pr. Wald.,
Bot. 107, t. 58 (1863).
In Hm,lLiTi occidentali:—Tibet occidentali, Eeeves ! Faloonerii meroeiiar. (sajpissime)!
Labul, Bay! Watt! Gilgit, (hles ! Kashmù', Eonle ! Bedawirk! Clienie, Stewart! Chamba,
Bllis' Pangi, Brandis! StßUcziia! Zanskar, StoUrzìca! Sirmur, Viaary ! Kamaon, Wallich:
Siml'a, Eoyle! Kundu, 9,000 p s. m. et Jakko, 11,000 p. s. m., ScUieh ! Pindir, 12.000
p s. m., prope nives glacie coaccrvatas, CoUitt! Dbarma, 11—12,000 p. s. m., DiUhie !
Heid! ili valle Rakm, 13—15,000 p. s, m. et apud Taulea, infra Srikonta, 12—13,000
DatJtìc ! Tebri; in valle Damdar, 14,000 p. s. m. et prope Dudu infra Srikanta,
flBÌte.' Garbwal ; prope Kuari, 12-13,001) p. s. m. et sapra Bhowani, Dathà ! Nepal
occidentali; Budbi, 10—11,000 p. s. m. et Palang Gadh, Dnthie! Nepal centrali; in
Gosain Tb'an, Wallich! Soulhj ! In Himalaya otientali:-Jongri, 14,000 p. s. m., Watt!
Eingii mercaar. (sajpissime)! Sikkim ; 11—15,000 p. s. m., Jloolcer ! Kurz! Jaffreij ! LangmanK
nan»-zo, 10,000 p. s. m. et Yeumtong, 11,000 p. s. m,, Panllmj ! Saiboo-Ia, 15,000
p s m.- Donkia-la, 14,500 p. s. m. ; Beeroom, 13,000 p. s. tn. ; Gia-gong, 13,000 p s m.;
Na-tong; Zedep-la; Too-koo-la ; Boo-tang; Koo-ma-pya; Eetclii la et apad Cbun-goo infra
Natoot in parBbus ad Sikkim pertinentibus ; Chambi, scd infrequens, Kingü meremar. !'
Distiub.—In Uiina; prov. Sze-tschuan.
Vak. Irevituha; corollaB tubo calycem 2—3.pio escedeiite galea fauce obtusc 2-
Buriculata vel integra; foliorum segmentis ovatis.—P. punctata Dane in
Jaequm. Voy., Bot. Ili, l 122 (1844); Walp, Rep. iii, 414; Benth., DC.
Prodr. z, 564.—P. Elepbas Boia., Dima. ser. 1, 4, 81 (1844); Walp., Rep.
iii 414; Bentìì., DC. Prodr. X, 565 (^pro parte)-, Boiss., Fior. Orient, iv,
489 {pro parte).—'?, labellata Benth., DC. Prodr. x, 565 (pro parle]
(1846); Boiss., Flor. Orioni iv, 489 (^nee Jaer/uem.).—P. Hookeriana Aiteh.,
Jow. Linn. Soe. xviii (1880), 84 (nec Wall).
InlIlMlLiTi occidentali : - o i r c a Gombour, Jaeqnemant ; in valle fl. Cbenab superioris,
12,000 p. s. m., Baden-Po«ell ! apud Sancb, 14,000 p. s. m., BUis ! Gilgit, 11-13,000
p. s. ni., Giles ! In Afghanistan ; apud Sbendtoi in paludosis, Aitehison 769 !
Distkib.—Persia.
Caulibus 2—35 cm. altis; foliomm petiolis 2—4 cm. segmentis 2—12 mm. ; pcdicellis
5 - 9 mm , calyce 9 - 1 1 mm., coroll» tubo TAE. typica: 30-70 mm. vae. tremluhm 18-28
mm galea! parte basali 2 X 4 mm. parte antherigera 4 X 2-5 mm. rostro 7 mm. longo labi..
1 6 - 2 0 mm. lato; capsula 18 mm. longa 6 mm. lata basi rotandata, scmnnbus 2 mm.
Maio—fteptombre floret.
P l ì t e 2. A—C; figs. 1-14.-Pedicnlaris siphonantha Don.
A_Specimcn cf vak tnpica froin Na-tong, Sikkim.
ß „ „ „ from Tehri-Garhwal.
„ „ hrevitula from Upper Ohcnab Valley.
SIPHONANTHA. 1:5
This account of P. siphonantha is based on the examination of 117 separate specimens
of VAR. typica and of 13 separate specimens of var. hremtiéa. Analyses of
flowers from specimens of 71 different gatherings have been made.
The corolla tube in this widely distributed species elongates gradually as it extends
from west to east; in Afghan specimens it is 18 mm. long, in Kashmir ones 30 mm., in
Gai-hwal specimens 40 mm., in Nepalese 50 mm., in East Himalayan sometimes as much as
70 mm. long. The colour of the corolla varies somewhat; besides the many gatherings
where no lield-note has been made, there aro at Calcutta 35 in which the corolla is said
to be pink, 9 where it is noted as being rose-pink, 4 where it is noted as being deep
purple; of one gathered at Yeum-tong Mr. Pantling has noted that the hood and beak
are deep pur^ile, the lip and tabe pale pink; Dungboo, one of Dr. King's Lepeha collectors,
lias carefully noted on 3 .specimens obtained by him on the same day at Clioon-gu
that one has a purple, another a pink, the third a white, corolla; of another gathering
from Chnmbi Valley the same collector notes tlie corolla as being pink outside and
wliite within. Jacquemont has noted of VAK. brevituba "corolla albo-punotata;" more
recently Dr. Aitchison has noted of the same variety on a gathering from s'hendtoi,
Afghanistan, "flowers cherry-coloured with sjjlasiies of white." '
Of VAB. typiea there are two distinct forms easily separated by habit and leaves:—
(«) "vera" = P. sifhonandui Don. Prodr. ; dwarf densely tufted with sjiort decumbent
stems or stemless and with leaf segments nearly contiguous, the more usual form in the
Central and Eastern Himalaya; and
(13) " Hookeriana-himalayca" = P. Uoolteriana Wall, and also = P. Umalayea
KlotEsch; tall ascending or erect (up to 35 cm. liigh) with leaf segments distant
and subaltérnate, the more usual form in the Western Himalaya though not uncommon
in the Eastern Himidaya also, more especially in Chumbi and in Phari. Western
dwarf forms have the corolla tube as short as it is in tall specimens from the
same districts; Eastern tall forms have the long corolla tube characteristic of the
genuine dwarf Nepal and Sikkim plant. Pinally, several gatherings from I.ahal Pano-i
and Tehri have ovate leaf segments, and thus simulate VAR. bremtula • from that' varie°tv
their longer corolla tube, more densely hirsute anterior filaments and more aoutelví
toothed galea throat alone distinguish them.
Of VAE. bremliiba there are also two distinct forms:
ITJ "Elephas" = P . Blephas Boiss,, Diagn., bat only partly of BentL, DC. Prodr
and only partly of Boiss., Flor. Oricnl; with short stems and contiguous imbricate leaf
segments, a Persian plant of which every character as given in the author's careful
description belongs to P. siphonantha except that he describes the filaments as ..labrcusa
point wherein he is in error as regards an Afghan plant that he has re°ferred to
Ills own species; and
(S) "punctata" = p. punctata Dene., also = P. labellata Boiss. but not of Jacnuem
and = P. Iloolce,-iunu Aittibison bat not of Wall.; tall creet with distant alternate leaf
segments, confined to the Panjab Himalaya and Trans-Indus districts
Of Indian species vAR. typiea repeats the habit and foliage of the various forms of
P. lonyjlora, vae. brmtuba those oí the different varieties of P. rhinauthoides.
4. Pedicularis b icornut a KUzseh (1862).
, Elata pubescens rhizomate incrassato radicibus fusiformibus carnosis caule erecto stricto
incrassato fohis pctiolatis lanceolatis pinnatifidis cauliuis inferioribus demum emai-eidis
. Eoy. Bot. Q.isd. Calcutta, Vol. III.