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with it frequently, for he has collected it alongside of, and sent specimens mixed with,
gatherings of P. gracilis, P. alaschanica, P. mollis, and P. gloUfera. None of Dr. King's
other collectors have met with it.
There are neither roots nor capsules and the colour of the corolla is not noted,
but the flowering spikes are quite capable of description, and from the specimens it seems
!is if the flowers had been purple. The species belongs to a group not represented in
India by another form; its nearest ally is P. semitorta Maxim. The diagnosis between
them is as follows:—•
bracts narrow, simple ; calyx not cleft anteriorly; corolla throat edentulous;
all filaments glabrous; corolla (?) purple
bracts triangular, 3-fid; calys auteriorly cleft; corolla throat tootbed;
anterior filameats hirsute; corolla certainly yellow
22. Pedicularis brevifolia Don (1825).
Elata pubescens vel glabra rhizomate brevissimo lignoso radicibus coespitosis fibrosis
caule gracili erecto terete simplice vel e basi ramoso foliis petiolatis radicalibus cfespitosis
dcmum evanidis caulinis 2—4.natim verticiliatis lanceolatis ovatisve pinnatisectis -partitisve
segmentis 7—9-jugis contiguis oblongis inciso-serratis vel pinnatifidis floribus sessilibus
•i-ternis verticillato-spicatis verticillis inferioribus distantibus bracteis foliaceis breviter
petiolatis summis confertis bracteis sessilibus calycis membranacei breve campanulati 5-fidi
dente postico subuliito integro reliquia oblongis cristato-serratis minore coroUse tubo calyce
sesquilongtore labio 3-lobo lobis laceralibus ovatis medio orbiculare parum latioribus ealea
subiuflata ángulo recto incurva parte basali erecta tubo fequilata parte aatherigera horizoníali
in rostrum deflexo-porrectum a basi tenue apice obtuso emarginatum producta staminibus
ex adverso summi ovarii ínsertis filamentis glabris ovario ovato stigmate exserto capsula
ovata oblique acuminata calyce dimidio longiore seminibus ovoideis fulvis distincte reticulatis.—
P. brevifolia Don, Prodr. Fior. Nepal. 94; Benth., Scroph. Ind. -53; Walp., Rep. iii, 411;
Bcnth., DC. Prodr. x, 561; Euok. f., Fior. Brìi. Ind. iv, 307.—P. lanigera Wall, Cat. 419
[pro maxima parte) (1828).
In HIMALAYA occidentali :—Kashmir, 11,000 p. s. m., Belkw ! LahuI, Joeschke ! Kamaon,
ad Palan^' Gadh, 11—12,000 p. s. m., Duthie ! Nepal :—ex adverso pagi Budhi, 10—11,000
p. s. m., Duthie! in Gosain Than, Wallich ! Julio-Augusto floret; corolla purpurea vel
rosea.
Caulibus 12—30 cm. altis, radicibus 4 cm. longis, petiolis0-5—1 cm. laminis2 cm. longis his
0 5—1-25 cm. latís segraentis 3—4 X 1 - 5 - 2 5 mm., pedicelli« 0—2-5 mm., calyoo 6 x 3 muí.,
corollse tubo 8 mm. longo galea parte basali 2-5 X 1'5 mm. parte antherigera 4 X 2-5 mm.
rostro 7—9 mm. longo labio 16 mm. lato, capsula H mm. longa hac 5-5 mm. lata,
seminibus 1-25 mm. longis his 0-75 mm. latis.
PLATE 26. A—C ; figs. 1—7.—Pedicularis brevifolia Don.
A—Specimen from Palang Gadh, Byaus (Duthie, n. 5837 in Herb, Saharanpur).
B— „ ,, Kashmir, with deeply 2-iid apex of beak.
C— ,, „ Lalml, with opposite leaves tJa3schke, n. 235 in Herb. Calcutta).
This account of P. brevifolia is based on the examination of 22 specimens. There are
two distinct forms assumed by the species :—
(a) " v e r a ; " tall, erect, leaves 4-nate lanceolate pinnatipartite petioles 0 for upper
leaves short for lower, spikes elongated in flower, whorls 3 — 5 cm. distant. This form
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repeats the habit, and largely the foliage, of P . instar and P. dcnvdata, and seems restricted
to Nepal and Kamaon; and
(/3) "t ibet ica; " shorter, ascending, petioles longer, leaves 3-nate or opposite, ovate-oblong,
pinnatisect, spikes aubcapitate in flower, only slightly elongated in fruit. This form repeats
tiie habit of P. confertijlora, and seems confined to the Panjab-Himalayan district.
Don's descrijjtion applies to the Nepal-Kamaon form only, but is excellent, and
emphasises the character of ' obtuse emarginate apex of beak,' which is alone sufficient
to diagnose the species from all those to which it is closely allied. There is at Calcutta
a sheet "ex herb. R. Brown." named P. hreoifoUa by Don liimseU, collected in 1819 in
Gosain Than by Wallich. With this plant Duthie's Kamaon and West Nepal specimens
altogether agree. This, Dr. King tells me, is the plant named " P. lanigora" (IFai/, Cat.
n. 419) at the rooms of the Linnean Society of London; it is also Wall. Cat n. 419
at Kew; and is, Mr. Maximowicz tells me, the plant of Wall. Cat. n. 419 at St. Petersburg.
At Calcutta, however, the specimen representing Wall. Cat. n. 419 is a plant with
alternate leaves, and is the densely-woolly form of P. camosa that occurs along witii
the normal form in the Kamaon and Punjab-Himalayan districts. This may well be
the case in other herbaria also, and the fact is noted here to obviate misunderstanding
on the part of consultants. Both in the field and in herbaria form " vera" has been
treated as a form of P. porreeia. Form " tibetica, " on the other hand, which
has been very generally accepted as "P. brevifolia," has had mixed with it two other
species—P. Hei/dei and P. conferHflora. The following are diagnoses of each of these
in turn:—
flowers numerous, spiked; stamens inserted opposite top of ovary; lobes
of lip rounded; beak deeply emarginate, obtuse at apex; leaves
usually 3—4-nate; plant hirsute . .
flowers few axillary; stamens inserted above middle of tube ; mid-lobe of
lip rhomboid; beak entire acute at apes; leaves usually opposite;
plant glabrous P. porrecta.
leaves oblong-ovate ; stamens inserted opposite top of ovary ; Hp large
3-fid, equalling beak with emarginate obtuse apex ; roots fibrous . . P, brevifolia ;
leaves narrowly lanceolate ; stamens inserted near apex of tube ; lip very
small, margin sinuate, boidly lobed, much shorter than beak with
entire acute apes ; roots fieshy P. Beydei.
bracts foliar; stamens inserted opposite top of ovary; beak obtuse
emarginate at apex; corolla tube hardly exceeding calyx . . . P. brenfoHa;
bracts 3—T-fid; segments lanceolate; stamens inserted in middle of tube;
beak acute entire at apes ; corolla tube twice as long as calyx . . . P. (ovfertiflora.
these species, which are known to have been mixed with P. h-evifolia in
distribution, it much resembles the typical variety of the next species, P. instar. The
diagnosis is as follows:—
lip 8-fid ; apex of benk obtuse emarginate
lip 3-paitite ; apex of beak acute entire .