O E T H O R R H R - V C H J E .
2 3 . Pedicularis instar PM/«(188S).
Klata vel nana puboscens rliizomate brevissimo radicibus c£Espit08Ìs fibrosis caule
gracili erecto terete siuiplice vel e basi ramoso foliis minimis radicalibus longe petiolatis
I'itspitosis mox evanidis caulinis subsessilibus 2—4-natiiii verticillatis lanceolatis oblongisve
jjinnatilobis segmentis 7—9-jugis contiguis brevissimis ovatis et minute serratis floribas
subsessilibus 4-tenns verticillato-spicatis verticillis infei-ioribus distantibus summis confertis
l)ructeis foKaceis imis srepe foliis caulinis longioribus calycis herbacci campanulati
5-dentati segmento postico integro reliquis cristato-serratis corallai tubo calyce sesquilungiove
labio 3-partito lobis obovatis lateralibus medio parum angustioribus galea subinflata
aiigulo recto incurva parte basali erecta tubo isquilata parte antherigera horizontali in
rostrum deflexo-porreetum a basi tenue apice acuto integerrimo producta staminibus
medio inter summum ovarium et tubi apicem insertis filamentis glabris ovario ovato
nmcronato stigmate subexserto capsula ovata oblique acuminata calycem diiniclio dupiove
superante seminibus ovoiJeis fulvis distincte reticulatis.
VAR. tìjpiea; caule elato erecto stricto foliis caulinis 4-natim verticillatis ovatooblongis
sessilibus calyce late breve campanulato dentibus magnis ovatis
rostro labio manifeste breviore capsula late ovata calyce dimidio longiore.—
P. instar Prain in Maxim. Mei. Biol. xii, 815, t. 2, f . 32; Jour. As. Soc. Beni/-
Iviii, 2, 257.
IN HIMALAYA orientali:—Sikkim, Ong-la-thang, infra Kinchinjanga ; et in Pey-kiong-k,
13,000 p. s. ni., Kingii mercenar. !
VAR. paradoxa ; cauHbus saspius crespi tosis iianis foUis cauliiiis lanceolatis infenoribus
brevissime petiolatis sa^pissime oppositis nonnunquam verticillo
inferiore 3 —4-nat.im dispositis calyce angustiore oblongo rostro labio
£equilongo capsula anguste ovata calyce duplo longiore.—P. instar YAK.
pai-adoxa Frain, Jour. As. S"C. Bcng. Iviii, 2, 2.57.
In HIMALAYA orientali:-Nepal orientali: ad Nia-pokri, 12,000 p. s. m. ; Jongri, ad
Bijan 12,000 p. s. m., Kiwjii nf^rcenar. !
Julio—Augusto floret; corolla mbra.
Caule VAR. t!/]ncce 20—50 cm. alto VAB. paraÀoxm 2—8 cm., radicibus 3—5 cm. longis,
pctiolis radicalibus 1 - 2 cm. laminis 0-7Ó—1-5 cm. longis his VAR. tgpicce O'ó cm., VAU.
•paradoxw vix 0-25 cm. latis segmentis 1 mm. l.mgis bis 2 mm. latis; pedicellis 0-3 mm.,
calyce VAB. typicce 5 X 4 mm. VAR. faraioxm 6-5 X 3-5 mm. corollas tubo 7 mm. long
gale® parte basali 2 mm. longa bac 1-5 mm. lata parte antherigera 4 X 2-5 mm. rostro
VAR. typiccn 3—3-5 mm. longo VAB. paradoxce 6 - 7 mm. iongo labio 10 mm. lato; capsula
VAII. ti/picw 8 mm. longa hao 4-5 mm. lata VAR. paradoxus 12 mm. longa vix 3 min. lata.
PLATE 26. D, E ; figs. 8—19.—Pedicularis instar Brain.
D—Specimen of VAR. iypica from Ong-la-tbang, Jongri.
g jj paradoxa from Nia-pokri, Jongri.
Tbis account is based on an examination of IS specimens of VAR. Iijpica and 58 spcci.
mens of VAE. paradoxa. The most nearly allied species is P. hrevifoUa, the Kamaon-Nepiil
form of which VAR. typica closely resembles; the diagnosis has bten already given.
O B T N O B R H Y N C H I E . 137
P . Ueijdd sometimes much resembles VAR. paradoxa, but the small hardly-lobed lip of that
species at once distinguishes it from this. But VAR. typica most closely imitates the habit,
foliage, and calyx of P. denudata, while VAR. paradoxa equally strikingly repeats the same
characters oí P. polygaloides. In these two species, however, which in vegetative characters
differ as widely as do the two varieties of P. instar, the corollas, though very closcIy
resembling cach other, aro separable by staminal characters,—filaments hirsute in
P , denudata, glabrous in P . polygaloides. The only difference between the two varieties of
P . instar, on the other hand, is that the beak is longer in VAE, paradoxa than it is in
the type. This single character is not sufficient to separate the two as distinct species.
24. Pedicularis gracilis Wall. (1828).
Elata vel decumbens 2—4-fariam pilosa rhizomate lignoso srepissime incrassato radicibus
fibrosis caulibus singulis vel Cfespitosis gracilibus vel strictis simplicibus vel semel
iterumve ramosis foliis ramisque oppositis vel 3—4-natim verticillatis radicalibus inox evanescentibus
caulinis subsessilibus ovato-oblongis pinnatisectis segmentis 6—9-jugis oblongis
obtusis inciso-serratis floribus brevo pedicellatis gracillime paniculatis racemosisve vel
omnibus axillai-ibus distantibus calycis cylindrico-oblongi membranacei glabri vel pubescentis
nec fissi 5-dentati segmentis brovibus saipissime integerrimis corolla) tubo calycem parum
excedente labio suborbiculare antice 3-lobo lobis lateralibus ovatis medio rhomboideo-ovato
duplo majoribus galea subinflata ángulo recto incurva parte basali erecta tubo asquilata
parte antherigera horizontali in rostrum deflexo-porreetum a basi tenue apice acuto
integerrimo producta staminibus medio tubo vel paulo altius insertis filamentis glaberrimis
ovario ovato stigmate exsetto capsula late ovata acuta parum vel dimidio calyce
longiore seminibus ovoideis fulvo-cinereis distincte reticulatis,
VAR. iypica; erecta vel procumbens caule lineis pilosis exceptis foliisque glabro
foliis caulinis majoribus ramealibus parvulis bracteis foliisque distincte
petiolatis calyce margine villosulo sinuato vix dentato capsula vix exserta
staminibus medio tubo insertis.—P. gi-acilia Wall., Cut. 413; Benih., Scroph.
Ind. 52 ; Walp., Rep. iii, 411 ; Brnth., DO. Prodr. s, 561 ; Hook. Fior.
Brii. Ind. iv, 307.—P. stricta Wall, Cat. 414 (1828).—P. Brunoniana
Wall, Cat. 4.22 (1828).
1. Forma3 " verfe " distributio {Wall., Cat. 413).
In HIMALAYA occidentali :—Dranti, in jugo, 12,000 p. s. m., Baden-Powell (n. 267)!
Tehri-Garhwal ; prope Dangalla in valle fl. Ganges, 6—7,000 p. s. m. Dutìiie (n. 1874)!
ad lipas fi. Ganges infra Jangla, 8—9,000 p. s. m., Duthie (n. 233)! Kamaon: in valle
Ralam, 12—13,000 p. s. in., Duiìiic (3224)! Nepal: in niontibus Sheopur et in Gosain
Than, Wallich {Cat n. 413 [to])! Scully! In Himalaya orientali Sikkim : ad Rheedoiig,
Kingii mcì-cenar. ! Cbumbz : ad Rinchingong in valle Cliumbi, et apud Galing, locum
inter Chumbi et Phari medium, Kingii merccnar. ! (spp. hajc omnia cum P. gracili Wall,
consentanea); in Himalaya occidentali etiam spp. P. porreckv simillima, in Jumnotri ad
nives legit Duihie (n. 810)! in Lahul legit Watt!
2. Form» "strict^" distributio {Wall., Cat 414).
I n HIMALAYA occidentali :—Kashmir, Falconer, n. 794 (pro maxima parte sed cum
P . íc/tiíírosín in distributioDo commista)! Dalhousie, 7,<jOO p. s .m. , Cto'/cá Pauwi; Busahir,
7,000 p. s. m., Brandis (3157)! Jaunaar Bahar; in montibus Deoban, 7—8,000 p, s. ni.
ANN. EOY. BOT. GAUD. CALCUTTA, YOL. I I L