1 1 8 SI P H O N A N T H I E .
c i n c t o foliÌ3 glabris vel nervis subtus pubescentibus petiolatia ovatis aeutis pinnatipartiti?
s e g i n e n t i s 7 12-3ugis oblongo-ovatis crenato-dentatis floribus axillaribus pedicellatis
c a l y c i s liirsuti oblongL antice vix triente fissi 5-deutati segmento summo subiiitegro
2)arvo vcl 0 reliquis (nonnunquam conjuiictis) ovatis crenato-dentatis corollec tubu
c a l y c em 2—4-plo superante labio 3-fido lobis lateralibua irregulariter rotundatis medio
r h o m b o i d e o vel subligulato 2—4-plo latiore galea labio incumbeiite ot hoc obtecta angwlo
r e c t o incurva parte basali subreflexa parte antherigera borizontali rostro circinuato a basi
t e n u i apice bifido segmentis brovissimis obtusis staminibus apice tubi insertis iìlamentis
n n t i c i s hirsutis ovario lanceolato stigmate incluso capsula calyce fero duplo longiure
o v a t o - l a n c e o l a t a apice acuta semiuibus ovoideis palKdis distiucte reticulaiis.
VAR. hj-pica; stricta racemis densis miiltiflorìs demura elongatis corollas tubr.
c a l y c em 2 3-plo superante labio lobo medio rhomboideo lateralibus duplo
m i n o r e . — P . megalantba Don, Prodr. Fior. Nepal. 94; Wall, Caè. 411;
Bcnih-, Scroph. Ind .^3; Walp., Rep. iii, 413; BenU., DC. Frodr. x, 564;
Regel Gartenfl., t. 943; Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind. iv, 312; Maxim., J/c?.
Biol. sii, 793; Prain, Joar. As. Soc. Beng. Iviii, 2, 269.—P. Hoffmeisteri
Klotzsch, lieis. Fr. Wald, Bot, 108, t. 60 (1862).
I n HIMALAYA occidentali:—Zirkotal, Bdcomr, 796! Cliur, Enyie ! Pangl, Stoliczku !
Chenie, Stewart! Kullu et Sangka, 8,500 p. s. m. , Brandis ! Dooban, 7—8,000 p. s. m. , Duthic
2 0 2 ! Inhal, 9,000 p. s .m. , Schlich! iNagkanda, 9—10,000 p. s. m. , Watt! Kamaon, Wnilich !
Roi/le! Garhwal, King! Kathi, 7,000 p. s. m., Collett ! Kunawar, Iloffnieister ! Shinkota,
7 — 8 , 0 0 0 p. s. m. ; Kutti in Byaus, 12—13,000 p. s. m. et Nabbi in valle Kutti, ll,00Ü
p. s. m., Duthie! Nepal centrali: Wallich! Scully! In Himalaya orientali:—Sikkim, Hooker;
T o n g l o o , Thomson! Mon Lepcha, 10-13,000 p. s.m., Anderso.i ! Ta-lim-sam-dong, 12,000
p, s. m.; Lla^ha, 12,000 p. s. m., Kingii vier cenar. ! Jongri, 13,01)0 p. s. m. , Clarke! Kiwjit
mercenar. ! Nepal orientali Domkerka, 12,000 p. s. m. et Bijan, 11,000, Kingii m-trcenar.
B o o t a n : apud Rishi-Ia, Elwes ! Chumbi: Yao-so ; Puiika-be-se-mo ; Koo-ma-pya et
Loo-ma poo, Kingii mercenar. !
VAR. pauciflora ; diffuse ramosa racemis subtrifloris corollze tubo calycem 3—4-pln
s u p e r a n t e labio lobo medio prominente subligulato lateralibus tnmcatis
4-plo angustiore. — P . megalantha VAR. pauciflora Prain in Maxim. Mei.
Biol. xii, 793 et Jour. As. Soc. Beng. Iviii, 2, 269.
I n HIMALAYA oriental i :-Jongri ; apud Bloktan 12,000 p. s. m. ; Kankerteng, 13,000
p. s. m . et Bi jan, 11,000 p. s. m. , Kingii mo-rcenar. ! Pbari ; Kingii mercenar. !
C a u l i b u s 6—45 cm. altis nonnunquam minimi digiti crassitudine, radice centrali
3—7 cm. longo fusiformi tenuiore ; foliorum petiolia 4—6 cm. longia laminis 5—7 cm.
l o n g i s 2—3-5 cm. latis segmentis saltem cauli propioribus 5—7 mm. contiguis ; pediceilis
5—12 mm. longis, calyce 15—22 mm., corolla3 tubo YAK. typic-cB in speciminibus
o c c i d e n t a l i b u s 30—50 mm. in speciminibus orientalibus 40—60 mm. VAR. pauciflorw 70—90
mm. longis, galeai parte basali 2 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata parte antherigera 4 mm. longa,
3 mm. lata, rostro 12—14 mm. longo labio 25—35 mm, lato; capsula 30 mm. longa 9 mm.
l a t a basi rotundato-oblonga, seminibus 3-5 mm. longis. Florct Julio—Soplembre.
PLATE 4. A - C ; Í
SIPH0NANTH2E,
1 — 1 5 . — P e d i c u l a r i s megalantha, Don.
A—Specimen of VAR. typica (" v e r a " ) from Cbumbi.
23 ^^ ,, (forma " Hof fmeister i") f rom Kamaon.
C Part of specimen of VAR. pauciflora from Bloktan, near Jongri.
F i g . 9 is incorrect, and should be neglected.
T h i s account of P. megalantha is based on the examination of 101 separate
specimens of VAR. typica and 13 separate specimens of VAR. pauciflora. Analyses of
Howers from 33 different gatherings of VAR. tijpica and from 4 gatherings of VAR.
pauciflora have been made. This species appears to be truly annual. The corolla varies
i n colour; in all Western Himalayan specimens it is pale yellow; Don speaks {I.e.)
d o u b t f u l l y , but probably correctly, of the lip in Nepalese specimens a3 being yellowishred,
the rest of the corolla being purple ; Hooker describes the corolla in Sikkim
specimens as rose-pm'ple. King's native collectors note the Pun-ka-be-see-mo and the
Lu-tna-poo gatherings as having pale pink corollas; the other Chuinbi specimens, and all
t h e specimens of VAR. paueijlora, have dark purple corollas, those of the latter havhig
d y e d the drying 2>aper in which they were received at Calcutta
Dr. Garcke of Berlin has very kindly sent to Calcutta authentic specimens of P.
Ihfmeisferi Klotzsch, which is reduced in the Flora of British India to P. siphonantha;
t h e y show, as Mr. Maximowicz had already suggested [Mel. Biol. x, 82, footnote 8), that
K l o t z s c h ' s species is a form of P. megalantha VAR. typica.
7. Pedicularis Perrottetii Benth. (1846).
H u n i i l i s parce pilosa rhizomate tenui lignoso serpente radicibus fibrosis caule gracili
d e c u m b e n t e folioso ramoso foliis petiolatis profuade pinnatipai-titis rhachi alatis segmentis
6—9-jugis oblongis obtusis pinnatiiidis laciniis rotundatis denticulatis floribus paucis breve
p e d i c e l l a t i s axillaribus remotis calycis tubulato-cylindrici costis parce pilosi antice parum
fissi 5-dcntati segmentis cristatis postico anticis dimidio lateralibus duplo minoribus
corollas tubo extus puberulo longissimo fere prorsus angustato fauce ipsa tamen subito
p a r um ampliato calyccm triplo superante labio 3-Iobo galea dimidio longiore lobis
l a t e r a l i b u s ovatis medium ubovato-cuneatum spathulatum duplo excedentibus galea erecta
n a v i c u l a r i antice subadunca parte basali tubo fere triplo latiore in partem antherigeram
e r o s t r em sen&ira ficuminatam producta staminibus medio inter summum ovarium et tubi
a p i c em insertis filamentis glaberrimis asibus antlierarum ad perpendiculum dircctis ovario
l a n c e o l a t o stigmate exserto—P. Perrottetii Benth., DC. Prodr. x, 565; Wight, loones
t. 1418; Hook. /., Fior. Brit. Ind. ìv, 317; Maxim., Mei Biol. xii, t. 1, /. 1.
I n INULV AUSTRALI:-in montibus Kundah, Perrottet, Jerdon!
Caule 9 cm. alto, rhizomate 4 cm. longo; petiolis 0'5—l cm. longis laminis 2—3 cm.
l o n g i s bis 0-5—1 era. latis segmentis 5—8 mm. longis 3 mm. latis; pediceilis 3—6 mm.
longis, calyce 30 mm. longo 4-5 mm. lato, corollaj tubo 90—100 mm. longo 2'5 mm.
l a t o fauce 8 mm. lato galese parte basali 9 mm. lunga hac 6'5 mm. lata, parte
a n t h e r i g e r a 5 mm. longa, labio 24 mm. longo hoc 22 mm. lato ; corolla alba.
PLATE 8. B ; figs. 8-11.—Pedicularis Perrottetii Benth.
S p e c i m e n from S. India, distributed from Kew; Herl. Wight, n. 2402.