u o OETHOEÏÎHÏNCHYE.
OF VATJ. tupica, out of which Wallich carved three "spgcies," there are two verydistinct
forms: —
(a) " vera," with slender steois and opposite decussate leaves and flesuoso bvauches
(sometimes with leaves and branches 3-nate), and with the calyx margin distinctly,
though shortly, toothed, but with the teeth entire = Wall. Cat. n. 413; and
" stdcta," with stouter erect stems and 4-nateIy whorled leaves and rigid branches
(also sometimes with the branches 3-natai, and with the calyx margin not toothed= TF«//.
Cat. n. 4U. The true plant is somewhat uncommon, though it is present at Calcutta or
at Saharanpur from many of the inner valleys of Kamaon, Nepal, Sikkim, and Chumbi.
The erect form (P. strista "Wall.) is common everywhere from Afg-hanistan to Bootan, and
it is this form that passes into VAK. Ichasinna. It affects usually grassy slopes and forest
glades; when it grows on marshy ground it bacomes decumbent and the cauline leaves
as well as the radical ones drop off. It then becomes tlie plant figured on Plate 19C,
the distribution of which in the test is given as that of form "prostrata," and is the
plant = Wall, Cat. n. 422. It is thus really only a state of form " stricta," not a
separate form.
25. Pedicularis Heydei Frain (1889).
Humilis pubescens rhizomate brevissimo radicibus ciespitosis caraosis caulibus gracilibus
csespitosis arcuatis teretibus simplicibus foliis laneeolatls pinuatisectis radicalibus
caispitosis loDge petiolatis caulinis 2-paribus oppositis superioribus subsessilibus segmentis
i S - S ó - j u g i s linearibus dense contiguis floribus breve pedicellatis subspicatis verticillastris
summis confertis bractels oblongis calyce brevioribus calycis crasse herbacei dense villosi
oblougi 5-fidi segroentis supparibus lata basi lanceolatis margine crenulatis corolla; tubo
calyce plus dlmidio longiore labio parvo 3-sinuato margine crenato lobis semicirculis
fequilatis galea subinflata ángulo recto incurva parte basali erecta parte antherigera horizontali
in rostrum deflexo-porrectum labio duplo longius a basi tenue rostro apice acuto
integro producta staminibus fere apice tubi insertls filamentis glabris ovario ovato
stigmate exserto capsula ovata apice subacuminata vis obliqua calyce dimidio longiore.—
P. Heydei Prain in 3our. As. Soc. Beng. Iviii, 2, 2ó8.
In HIMÌLAYA occidentali:—Lahul, ad Key-lang, 12,000 p. s. m., Watt! Pangi, 11,000
—16,500 p. s. m,, Eeyde !
Caulibus 8—14 cm. altis, radicibus 5—6 cm. longis, petiolis radicalibus 3 era. longis
laminis l-Ó—2 X 0-5 cm. segmentis 2 x 0-5 mm., pedicellis 2—5 mm , calyce 8 X 3-5 mm.,
corollfe tubo 12—14 mm., galea; parte basali 2 X 1 mm. parte antherigera 4 x 1-5 mm.
rostro 6—7 mm. longo labio 3-5 mm. longo hoc 5 mm. lato, capsula 11 mm. longa
corolla rubra.
PLATE 27. E ; figs. 9—14.—Pedicularis Heydei Prain.
Specimen from Pangi.
This species is described from two gatherings : one gathering of 30 specimens in Mcrh.
Caleiit!., and another of a single specimen in Jlerh. G. Watt. On Dr. Watt's specimen
Mr. N. E. Brown had already noted that tbis is probably a separable form. It is at once
diagnosed from P. hrevifolia, with which it has been hitherto placed, by the entire apex of
beak and the very small lip. The lip and the very different calyx separate it from
OETHOEUHTNClIiE.
P. imtar VAE. paradoxa, which it also resembles. Fig. E represents the proportion of lip
and beak accurately. The small figures are erroneous, inasmuch as the lithographer has
made them represent the beak shorter than in the drawings from which they were copied.
26. Pedicularis porrecta Wall. (1828).
Humilis glabra vel 2—3-fariam hirsuta rhizomate brevissimo radicibus caBSpitosis
carnosls caulibus cajspitosis simplicibus vel e basi ramosis foliis glabris radicalibus
longe petiolatis cEcspltosis paucioribus mox evanidis caulinis 1—3 (sajpissime 2) -paribus
oppositis inferioribus breve petiolatis summis sessilibus laminis oblongo-ovatis herbaceis
pinnatifidis -sectisve segmentis 6 —8-jugis oblongis obtusis inciso-serratis floribus axillaribus
breve pedicellatis racemis paucifloris calycis oblongi coriacei glaberrimi o-dentati segmento
summo deltoideo integro vicinis triplo latioribus ovatis margine crenato-serratis imis summo
asquilatis apice cristatis corolla) tubo calycem duplo superante labio suborbiculare antice
3.lobo lobis lateralibus ovatis medio rhomboideo-ovato duplo majoribus galea subinflata
ángulo recto incurva parte basali erecta tubo aíquilata parte antherigera horizontali in
rostrum deflexo-porrectum a basi tenue apice acuto integerrimo producta staminibus infra
apicem tubi insertis filamentis glabris ovario ovato stigmate exserto capsula ovata apice
subacuminata vix obliqua calyce dimidio longiore seminibus ovoldeis fulvis distincte reticulatis.—
P. porrecta Wall, Cat. 423 ; Benth., Scroph. Ind. 52 ; Walp., Bep. iii, 411 ;
Benik., DC. Prodr. x, 561 ; Hook./., Fior. Brit. Ind. iv, 307 ; Maxim., Md. Biol xii, 818.
In HDL\LAYA occidentah:—Kashmir, ad Shalum, Eoyh ! Kamaon, Wallieh {Cat. n. 423)!
Laka, Edgeworth! Garhwal, King, (bis)! Kamaon; in valle Ralam, 14—15,000 p. s. m.,
Duthie (3226)! ad Palang Gadh in Byaus, supra Bhowani, 18—15,000 p. s. m. et prope
glaciem ad Lebang, 13—15,000 p. s. m., Duthie ! In Himalaya orientali :—Sikkim ; in
'i'ang-ka-la, Kingii merccnar. !
DISTRIB.—Yunnan.
Caulibus 6—30 cm. altis, radicibus 5—6 cm. longis, petiolis radicalibus 1—2 cm.
laminis 1-5—2 x 0-75 cm. segmentis 3 x 2 mm. ; pedicellis 0—6 mm., calyce 7 mm. longo,
corolla tubo 12—14 mm. longo galeze parte basali 3 x 1-5 mm. parte antherigera 3-5 X 2 mm,
rostro 7 mm. longo labio 10 mm. lato ; capsula 10 mm. longa seminibus l'25 mm. longis.
PLATE 20. A—C ; figs. 1—10.—Pedicularis porrecta Wall
A, figs. 1—3—Specimen from Kamaon. {Wall, Cat. n. 423 in Herb. Calcutt.).
B, figs. 4—7— ,, „ Sikkim; "Tang-ka-la north of Ze-lep-la at the
same elevation."
C, figs. 8 & 9—Specimen from Laka (collected by Edgeworthl.
Fig. 10—From Ralani valley. Specimen in Herb. Saharanpm-.
This account of P. porrecta is based on the dissection of flowers from 39 specimens.
In this species the leaves are always opposite and the bracts are always sessile, the
racemes always few (3—8) flowered, the corolla tube is elongated, the calj'x and leaves are
subcoriaceous, and the stamens are always inserted above tlie middle of the tube ; so that
only extreme conditions of P. gracilis (which in its vaa-ious forms exhibits now one, now
another, of these characters, but generally retains its panicuktely racemose habit) are likely
to give trouble in diagnosis. In doubtful cases, however-so close is the relationship of
the two species—we have to rely on the fades due to its subcoriaceous texture and on the