13S OETHOKRPXNCHIE.
Dulhie (1200 et 1201)! Simla, 7—8,000 p. s. m., Thomon {Herl. Ind. 0>\)\ StoUczka J
Schlich! Gamble [A77ó] \ Mussoorie, Royle ! King ! Diithie ! Kamaon TFaZZzc/j (Cctif. n .414) !
Clieena, Davidson ! Baxj ! Byaus, in valle Kali, 9—10,000 p. s. m., DutUa (n. 3223) ! Telivi-
Garhwal, Luthiel Kullu, 8—10,000, Brandis (3159)1 IFa«(8653)! Nagkanda, StoliazJca !
ad Bhagi, 9,000 p. s. m., Watt (8603) ! Trauda, Stolioska ! Nepal : Gosain Than, WalUch
{Cat. 41*)! et in sched. "ex Herb. R. Browu" (sub nomine P. brevifolia)! Sculli/ (202)1
in Afghanistan; apud Shendtoi, 9—10,000 p. s. m., Aitchi&on ! In Himalaya orientali:—
JoDgri; apud Bijan, 12,000 p. s. m., Kingii merccnar.! Sikkim ; Darjeeling, Hoolter {Herb. Ind.
0;-.}! Thomson! Anderson! Kurz.' 'Ro.à.-0'p-tey, 10,000 p. s. m., Kingii mercenar. ! Bootan;
Grißth (631 Jour.)! i^spp. fase omnia cum P. strida Wall, consentanea.)
3. Form® "prostratee" distributio {Wall, Cat. 422).
In HIMALAYA occidentali:—Kamaon, WalUch {Cat. n. 422)! Mussoorie, King! In
Himalaya orientali :—Sikkim ; Darjeeling, Thoinson! Kurz! Tongloo et Jellapahar, King!
(spp. hcec omnia cum P. £runonia?ia Wall, consentanea.)
VAR. macrocarpa ; erecta vel ascendens caule lineis pilosis exceptis f oliisque glabro
bracteis sessilibus folüs omnibus petiolatis caulinis majoribus ramealibus
parvnlis calyce distincte dentato segmentis ovatis serratis capsula dimidio
exserta staminibus supra medium tubum insertis.
In HIMALAYA orientali: PhuUoot, 10,000 p. s. m., Thomson! Tonglo, 8,000 p. s. m.,
Anderson! Phullaloong, 11,000 p. s. m. et Singalelah, 10,000 p. s. m,, Clarice (13418)!
(12732)! Chooa-bamia, prope Singalelah, 12,000 p. s. m. (bis), Kingii mercenar.! Chumbi ;
Taong-shong (bis) Kingii merccnar.!
VAR. Masiana ; erecta caule foliisque puberulo bracteis foliisque sessilibus seepissime
basi subauriculatis foliis caulinis ramealibusque parvuHs calyce puberulo
dentibus brevibus cartilagineis crenulatis acutis capsula vis exserta
staminibus medio tubo insertis. VAR. khasiana Ilooh f., Flor. Brit. Ind.
iv, 307.
I n ASSAM:—in montlbus Khasia; Kala Pani, Grißth (Jour. 742)! Hooker {Herb.
Ind. Or.y. Nunklow, Simons! Kala Pani, 4,.Ò00 p. s. m. et Moflong, 5,500 p. s. m.,
Clarke (6311)! (18679)! In mont. Barél; supra Konoma, 6500 p. s. m., Prain ! supra
Kegwima, 6,500 p. s. m., Clarke! BURMA :—in mont. Shan; Toungyi, 5,000 p. s. m. et
Koni, 4,000 p. s. m., Collett!
Caulibus 40—120 cm. altis, foHis 2-5 X I'O cm. segmentis 4—8 X 2 mm. (in VAR.
khasiana 0-5 X 0-25 cm. segmentis parvulis), calyce 6 mm. longo hoc 2'5 mm. lato.
corolliB tubo 7—8 mm. longo galea parte basali 2X1 - 5 mm. parte antherigera 3 X 2
mm. rostro 5'5 mm. longo labio 10 mm. lato ; capsula 8 mm. longa hac 5 mm. lata (in
VAR. macrocarpa 11 mm. longa 5 mm. lata), serainibus 1-25—1-5 mm. longis.
PLATE 19. A—C ; figs. 1—9.—Pedicularis gracilis Wall. VAK. typica.
A—Specimen of form " striata" from Gosain Than, Nepal {Wall., Cat. n. 414 in
Herb. Calcutt.).
B—Fruiting specimen of form " stricta " from Sikkim, 10—11,000 (T. Thomson,
anno 1857).
C—Specimen of form "prostata" from Kamaon (P. Brunoniana Wall., Cat. n.
422 in Herb. Calcutt.}.
PLATE 20. D, E ; I
OETHOEEHYNCHIE.
, 11—17.—Pedicularis gracilis Wall. VAR. typica.
D—Specimen of form "vera" from Nepal {Wall., Cat. n. 413 in Herb. Calcutt.).
E ,j ,j approaching to P. porrecta from Juranutri, near the snows
(Duthie n. 810 in Herb. Saharanpur).
PLATE 21. A—E; figs. 1—13.—Pedicularis gracilis Wall. VAR. macrocarpa Prain
and VAU. khasiana IlooJc. f .
A, 0 —Specimen of VAE. macì-ocaì-pa f r om Jongri; Cliooabamia.
13— „ „ „ „ Singalelah (Clarke n. 12732).
D— „ „ khasiana from Toungyi, Slian Hills (Collett n. 8).
• E— „ „ „ „ Kala Pani, Khasia Hills (Griffith n. 742).
The present accoimt o£ this widely-distributed and very vai-iable Himalayan specie»
is based on the examination of 1&4 specimens v^ith dissections of over 250 corollas.
Of these specimens 104 have been of VAR. ti/pina (form "vera" 25, "strida" 08, and
" p r o s t r a t a " 11), 36 have been of VAR. macrocarpa, and 24 of VAE. khasiana.
The species is most nearly allied to P. porrecta, which is usually very difPcrent in
habit. The leaves and calyx of P. porrecta are subcoriaceous (in this i-espect, however,
VAR. khasiana approaches it), its calyx teeth are distinct and serrate at the apices (in
which respects VAE. macroearpa approaches it), wliile it is much, shorter and smaller and
is hardly branched (though even in these characters it is approached by an extreme
form of VAR. typica; Duthie n. 810 in Herb. Saharanpur, and specimens in ^Herb.
G. Watt.). Perhaps P. porrecta itself will ultimately have to be regarded as only an
extreme variety of P. gracilis.
The forms that are included here under P. gracilis are as a rule very easily
distinguished, but connecting specimens of all kinds occui-, and they pass into each
other on every hand.
Most easily distinguished of all is VAE. khasiana, with small thick cauline leaves
hardly larger than those on the branches, sub-coriaceous calyx with cartilaginous subdentate
margin, and witb a distinct geographical area ; (it is confined to the Indo-
Chinese Division of the Himalayan province.) But Mr. Duthie has collected in Jaunsar
Bahar (n. 1200 !) specimens with the membranous calyx and sinuate hardly
dentate margin of VAE. typica, form " strida," and with the small cauline leaves of VAK.
khasiuna. On the other hand, Mr. Clarke's specimens from Kegwima and my own from
Konoma, two localities in the Naga bills, have the calyx and puberulous stems of
VAR. khasiana, but have the cauline leaves shortly petioled, and therefore connect VAR.
khasiana with the other two varieties. The Shan hill plant collected by General Collett
is exactly the Khasian variety.
The other varieties are confined to the Himalaya proper. Of these, VAR. macrocarpa
has to be recognised as separate from the typical plant by characters of almost as great
weight as those that give P. porrecta specific rank. These are its ovate serrate calyxteeth,
its higher staminal insertion, and its much larger capsule, In fades all its gatherings
very well agree; and though it grows side by side with all the three forms of VAE.
typica, there are really no intermediate states. Since, however, it is probable that
ultimately even P . porrecta will require to be reduced to P. gracilis, I have not ventured
to accord more than varietal rank to this plant.
ANN. EOY. BOT. GARD. CALCUTTA, VOL. III.