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of corollas have been examined in order to find, if possible, another instance of this
liigh insertion, but Plate 18, fig. 4, shows the highest point of insertion in any of the
flowers analysed; usually it is a little lower than in the case figured. The longer tube
and the emarginate apex of beak distinguish this species from P. tcnuicaulis. From
P . chumlica it is separated by the emarginate apex of beak and by the anterior filameuts
being hirsute.
29. Pedicularis chumbica Prain (1889).
Kana cespitosa glabra rhizomate nodoso radicibus ciespitosis fusiformibus fibroaisve
caulibus uumerosis gracOIimis brevibus debilibus foliis radicalibus densissime ca3spitosis
longe petiolatis cauliuis 1-paribus oppositis vel 0 floralibusque distincte petiolatis
pinnatisectis segmentis 8—lO-jugis ovatis contiguis serrato-deutatis fioribus paucis pedicellatis
confertis vel inferioribus nonnunquam parum remotis calycis cylindrico-campanulati
glabri antice triente fissi 5-dentati segmento summo lineari integro reliquis anguste
lanceolatis apice cristatis corollie tubo calyce fere triplo longiore labio antice 3-lobo
lobis rotundatis lateralibus medio parum majoribus galea subiuflata arcuate incurva parte
basali erecta tubo parum latiore parte anth erigerà falcata in rostrum tenue deflexuni
apice integro acuto producta staminibus antieis fere medio tubo posticis ex adverso
summi ovarii insertis filamentis omnibus glabris" ovario lanceolato stigmate esserto capsula
recta lanceolata apice acuta calyce fero duplo longiore seminibus paucis ovatis testa
nigrescentibus minutissime reticulatis.—P. chumbica Prain in Jow. As. Soc. Beng. Iviii,
2, 259.
In HIMALAYA orientali:—Chnmbi; ad Za-negang, inter Cho-la et Chumbi medium et
apud Put-lo, Kingii mcreenar. !
.Tulio fioret; corolla purpurea.
Caulibus 4—6 cm. altis, radicibus 4—5 cm. longis petiolis radicalibus 1-5 cni.
caulinis floralibusque 0'5 cin. laminis 1 x 0-35 cm. segmentis 2—3 X 1 mm., pedicellis
4—6 mm. longis, calyce 6 mm. longo hoc 3 mm. Iato, corolla; tubo 14—18 mm. longo
gale» parte basali 2-5 x 2'5' mm. parte antherigera 4 x 3 mm. rostro 6'5 mm. longo
labio 14 mni. lato, capsula 11 mm. longa hac 4-5 rara, lata seminibus 1-25 mm. longis.
PLATE 22. B; figs. 8—15.—Pediculai-is chumbica Prain.
Specimen from Put-lo.
The species is described from an examination of seven specimens. It is closely
allied by its calyx, its capsule, and its seeds to P. flexuosa and P. tcnuicaulis; from
both it differs by its dwarf habit and its glabrous filameats. From the former it also
differs by its entii-e apex of beak ; from the latter by its serrate calyx teeth. It closely
repeats the habit and foliage of P. schizorrhyncha, which has, however, very different
capsules and seeds, and has a short stout truncate beak laciniate at the apex.
30. Pedicularis tenuicaulis Prain
Humilis vel elata glabra rhizomate brevi radicibus fibrosis tuberis interspersis caulibus
cffispitosis simplicibus gracillimis flexuosis foliis petiolatis radicalibus csespitosia caulinis
ORTHOEEHTNCHiE,
oppositis ovato-oblongis pinnatisectis segmentis 6—8-jugis ovato-lanceolatia pinnatifidis
laciniis seiTato-dcntatis floribus asillaribus pedicellatis inferioribus distantibus summis
confertis bracteis petiolatis foliaceis calycis campanulati glabri antice triente fissi
5-dentati segmentis integris siimmo subulato reliquis lanceolatis ovatis corolte tubo
calyce parum longiore labio 3-lobo lobis rotundatis lateralibus medio duplo majoribus galea
subinflata ángulo recto incurva parte basali erecta tubo ajquilata parte antherigera fere
horizontal! in rostrum tenue deflexo-porrectum apice acuto integro producta staminibus
medio tubo insertis filamentis antieis barbatis ovario ovato-lanceolato stigmate exserto
capsula recta lanceolata acuminata calyce dimidio longiore seminibus ovoideis testa
nigrescentibus minute reticulatis.—P. tenuicaulis Prain in Jour. As. Soc. Beng. Iviii,
2, 259.
In HIMAL^VYA orientali :—Bijan, 12,000 p. s. m., Kingii mcreenar. ! Chumbi ; ad Tan-ka-la
et ad Pun-ka-bee-see-mo, Kingii mercenar. !
Julio et Augusto floret, corolla punicea.
Caulibus 5—30 cm. altis rhizomate 1—2 cm. radicibus nunc fibrosis tuberis interspersis
3—5 cm. longis nunc omnibus fusiformibus carnosis, petiolis radicalibus 8 cm.
longis caulinis 2—4 cm. fioralibus 1—2 em. laminis 2—3 X 1 cm. segmentis 3—5 x
2—3 mm., pedicellis 4—6 mm., calyce 7-5 mm. longo hoc 3 mm. Iato, corollaì tubo
8—9 mm. longo galea parte basali 4 x 2 mm. parte antherigera 5 X 2-5 mm. rostro
5 mm. longo labio 11 mm. lato, capsula 10—13 mm. longa hac 4 mm. lata seminibus
1-5 mm. longis his 0'75 mm. latis.
PLATE 18. C—E ; figs. 9—16.—Pedicularis tenuicaulis Prain.
C—Specimen from Tan-ka-la; "north of Ze-lep-la and at the same elevation."
D— „ ,, Pan-ka-bee-see-mo.
K—Fruiting specimen from Bijan, 12,000, on the Sikkim-Nepal frontier.
This account of P . ienuicaulis is based on an examination of 14 flowering and 30
fruiting specimens, many of the latter (all collected at the same time) having corollas
still attached.
The species was originally distributed from Calcutta as a variety of P.
to which it is most nearly aUied. The diagnosis is as follows:—
calyx teeth entire; corolla tube only slightly longer than calyx; be;
slightly daflesed, slender, aoute, and entire at apes. . . .
calyx teeth crested, except upper; corolla tube more than twice
long as calyx; beak straight, stouter; apex obtuse
P . tenuicaulis ;
P. Jiexuosa.
I t is also closely related to P. chwnbiea, the diagnosis being as follows:—
calyx teeth entire; corolla tuba only slightly longer than oalys;
anterior filaments hirsute P. tenuicmdif;
calyx teeth serrate, except the upper; curolla tube thrice as long as
calyx ; all filaments glabrous P. chumbica.
The calyx teeth arc erroneously shown in the figured plant (Plate 18, C) as serrate;
the true condition is that exhibited in the analytical c"
ANN, EOT. BOT. GAED. CALCUTTA, VOL, III.