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elongated corolla tube as the oiily characters wherein P. porrecla finally differs from P.
yracilk. These are characters which in no other instance arc accorded any weight. Since,
liowever, a very different reduction, viz, to P. brevifoUa, has been proposed, it seems
better to allow P. porracta to stand for the present. From P. bt'cvifoUa it is at once
distinguished by its entire apex of beat, and can nerer be satisfactorily included in that
species. From P. Eeydai it differs by its ovate glabrous leaves with fewer sogmeats, its
•unequal calyx segments, and its ranch larger lip.
ORTHOERHTNCHiE. U 3
Tho diagnosis has been already given under P. hrevifoHa. But it equally closely resembles
in habit P. tenuieaulis, from which the diagnosis is effected by the stamens being
all o-labrous in P. conferHfiora while the anterior filaments are hirsute in P. tenuieauUs;
P. Unuicmlis, moreover, has very different capsule and seeds. P. chumbica, another species
that resembles this and agrees with it in having glabrous stamens, is diagnosed by its
much elon<'ated corolla tube, its lanceolate capsule, artd its filaments inserted at different
levels within the corolla tube.
27. Pedicularis confertiflora Prain (1889).
llumilis vel elata dense pubescens rhizomate brevi vel elongato lignoso radicibus
fibrosis caulibus gracilibus teretibus simplicibus vel e basi ramosis ramo centrali erecto
reliquis decumbectibus apice ascendentibus foliis rudicalihus petiolatis ctespitosis mox
evanidis caulinia 1-paribus oppositis vel O subsessilibus omnibus ovato-oblongis pitinatisectis
segmentis 5—T-jugis ovatis inciso-serratis ñoribus breve pedicellatis oppositis vel
verticillastro imo nonnunquam 4-floro densius confei-tis vel verticillo inferiore reliquis
remoto bracteis S-angularibus subfoliaceis 3—7-partitis laciniis sublinearibus basi integris
apice cristatis calycis membranacei birsuti campanulati 5-secti dente postico deltoideo
integro reliquis lanceolatis apice cristatis breviore corollas tubo calyce fere duplo longiore
labio late cordato-ovato antice 3-lobo lobo medio orbiculato lateralibus late ovatis faucem
amplectentibus et post galeam sese tegentibus plus 3-plo minore galea subinflata ángulo
recto incurva parte basali sursnm leviter extensa parte antherigera fere horizontali in
rostrum deflexo-porrectum a basi tenue apice obtuso integerrimo producta staminibus
medio tubo insertis filamentis glabris ovario ovato stigmate esserto capsula oblique
ovata mucronata calyce dimidio longiore seminibus ovoideis fulvis distincte reticulatis.
P. confertiflora Prain, Jour. As. Soe. Beng. hdii, 2, 258.—P. brevifolia Herl. Ind. Or. II. f .
T. T. {spp. SiJáimens.) ; Eook. /., Fior. Brit. Ind. iv, 307 {pro parte, nec Don) (1884).
In HiMALriYA orientali:—Sikkim, 13—15,000 p. s. m., Hooker ! Chumbi ; ad Reedongoong,
prope Chumbi ; et apud Ka-poop prope Ze-lep-la, Eingii mercenar. ! Phari ;
ad Ting, Eingii mcrcenar. !
Junio—Augusto floret; corolla rosea, vel tubo alba ceterum rosea.
Caulibus 5—25 cm. altis, rhizomate 0—3 cm. longo radicibus 3—5 cm. longis,
petiolis 1—3 cm. longis laminis 1—3 X O'o—1 cm. segmentis 3—5 x 2—4 mm., pedicellis
2—5 mm., calyce 7 x 3-5 mm., corollas tubo 11 mm. longo galea parte basali 2-5 x 1-5
mm. parte antherigera 4 x 2-5 mm. rostro 7 mm. longo labio 16 mm. lato, capsula 10
mm. longa hac 5 mm. lata seminibus 1"25 min. longis his 0"75 mm. latis.
PLATIÌ 27. A—D ; figs. 1—8.—Pedicularis confertiflora Prain.
A—Specimen from Ting.
B—Fruiting specimen from Sikkim {Eerh. Ind. Or.).
C—Specimen from Ka-poop, near Ze-Iep-la.
D—Portion of central erect branch from a second specimen of the Ka-poop
gathering.
This account is founded on the dissection of flowers from 32 specimens.
The species imitates the habit and foliage of the Panjab-Himalayan form of
P. Irevifolta, and is the Sikkim plant included in P. hrevifolia in the Flora of British India.
28. Pedicularis flexuosa EooJc. f . (1884),
Humilis vel elata pilosa rhizomate lignoso radicibus ca3spitosis fibrosis caulibus
numerosis simplicibus vel o basi ramosis ascendentibus foliis cauleque sparse pilis crispis
aspersis petiolatis radicalibus cfespitosis caulinis oppositis ovato-oblongis pinnatipartitis
rhachi dentatis segmentis 8-U-jugÌs oblongis pinnatifidis -sectisve laciniis serratis
floribus asillaiibus pedicellatis inferioribus distantibus summis confertis bracteis foliaceis
petiolatis calycis cylindrico-campanulati hirsuti antice triente fissi 5-dentati segmento
summo deltoideo integro reliquis cristato-dentatis ellipticis imis duobus sumnio
ajquilongo lateralibus duplo brovioribus coroll« tubo extus leviter pubcrulo calyce phis
duplo longiore labio ovato-rotundato antice 3-lobo lobis lateralibus medio plus duplo
majoribus galea sub-inflata arcuato-incurva parte basali erecta parte antherigera leviter
falcata in rostrum robustum porreetum horizontalem apice obtuso parum emarginato
producta staminibus medio inter summum ovarium et apicem tubi insert is filamentis
anticis hirsutis ovario lanceolato stigmate exserto capsula ovato-lanceolata acuminata
calyce triente longiore seminibus ovatis testa nigris minutissime reticulatis,—P. flexuosa
Hook. /., Fior. Brit. Ind. iv, 308; Ma.nm., Mei. Biol. xii, 820, t. 2, /. 35.
In HIMALAYA orientali:—Sikkim, 10—13,000 p. s. m., Eooker {Eerh. Ind. Or.) ! Mon
Lepcha, 11,000 p. s. m. Thomson 1 Jougri, 13 — 15,000 p. s. m, Anderson.' Singalelah,
11,000 p. s. m. et Jongri, 12,000 p. s. m. Clarice! Jongi-i, 14,000 p. s. m. Watt! Kot,eh-yurong,
15,000 p. s. m.; Tha-raoo-tsa, prope Jongri, 12,000 p. s. m. ; Beeroom, 13,000
p. s. m.; Natong ; Lamteng, 8,800 p. s. m., Eingii mercenar.! Chumbi;—ad Riu-chin-gong,
Eingii mercenar. !
Junio, Julio, et Augusto floret; corolla purpurea.
Caulibus 8—30 cm. altis, rhizomate 2—5 cm. longo radicibus 5—12 cm. longis,
petiolis radicalibus 3—6 cm. longis caulinis 1-5 cm. floralibus 0-5-1 cm. laminis
maximis 5 X 2'5 cm. segmentis 10 X 6 mm,, pedicellis 4—G mm., calyce 8—9 mm. longo
hoc 4 mm. lato, corolla tubo 18—22 mm. longo galea parte basali 4 x 2'5 mm.
parte antherigera 5 x 3 mm. rostro 6 mm. longo labio 12 mm. lato, capsula 9 13 mm.
longa seminibus l'5 mm. longis 0-75 mm. latis.
PLATE 18. A, B ; figa. 1—8.—Pedicularis flexuosa Eook. f .
A—Specimen from Sikkim {Eerh. Ind. Or.
B—Fruiting specimen from Jongri.
n. 5).
This account is based on an examination of 31 flowering and 17 fruiting specimens
and on the analyses of 57 corollas. In his very accurate description Mr. Maximowicz states
tliat he has found the filaments inserted at the apex of the tube. A considerable number