BEXNCHOLOPH^.
42. Pedicularis albiflora Prain (1889).
Humilis ciespitosa glaberrima rliizomate brevissimo lignoso radicibus cjespitosis fusiformibus
carnosis collo pluricauli squauiis ovatis confertiin vestito caulibus brevibua vel
subnullis glabiis aphyllis foliis radicalibus numerosis Cfespitosis longe petiolatis oblongo-
)anceoIatis piunatisectis segmentis 5—8-jugia ovatis distaiitibus mucronato-dontatis
floribus paucis breve pedicellatis sparsis vel sabconfertis imis alterais summis suboppositis
bracteis calyce dimidio longioribus basi obcuneato vagioato-dilatatis 3-sectis segmentis
petiolulo angustato ovatis pinuatifidis et mucronato-dentatis calycis cyllndrico-caoipanulati
antice vix fissi 5-deiitati segmentis iutegris inajqualibus laneeolatis summo acuto reliquis
obtusis corolla? tubo calycem plus duplo superante prorsus angustato labio S-lobo lobis
rotundatis lateralibus medio dimidio maioribus galea nec inflata arraato-incurva parte
basali erecta tubo eequilata parte antherigera falcata in rostrum conicum deflexoporrectum
apice crenatum producta stamiiiibus medio tubo insertis filamentis glaberriniis
ovario lanceolato stigmate subexserto.—P. albiflora Prain in Jour. As. Soc. Bmg.
Iviii, 2, 273.—P. aspleniifolia VAR. albiflora Hook. /., Fior. Brit. Ind. iv, 315 (1884).
In HiMiLAYA orientali:—Sikkim; Kan-ko-la, Hooker; Kingii mercenar. !
Augusto floret; corolla, ex ill. Eookero, alba.
Caulibus 0—8 cm., rhizomate 1 X 0-5 cm. radicibus 4—6 cm., petiolis 2—4 cm.,
laminia 1-5—2 cm. X 0"5 cm. segmentis 4 x 2 mm., pedicellis 2—5 mm., bracteis
15 mm. X 10 mm., calyce 8—10 mm. longo hoc 3'5 mm. lato, corollas tubo 20—24
mm. longo galea parte basali 5 X 2'ó mm. parte antherigera 6 x 2'7ó mm. rostro 3-5
mm. longo, labio 16 mm. lato.
PIATE 17. C, D; figs. 9 —13.—Pedicularis albiflora Prain.
Specimens from Kan-ko la, Sikkim.
Of Indian species this is most nearly allied to P. odoatophora, but differs by its
compressed rhizome, lanceolate leaves, distinct bracts, edentulous throat and glabrous
stamens. From its nearest ally (P. agplenifolia Floerke) it differs by its peculiar 3-sect
bracts, ovate leaf segments, calyx teeth all entire, corolla tube more than twice as long
and filaments all glabrous. In P. asplenifolia the bracts are foliar, the leaf segments
lanceolate, the calyx teeth all serrate, the corolla tube hardly longer than the calyx,
and the anterior filaments hirsute. It is allied, but much less closely, to P. WadicUi
Bunge [P. asplenifolia of Wall., but not of Floerke), which differs ia its few radical
leaves vdth many long lanceolate, in place of few short ovate, leaf scales, in its subintlated
calyx and its filaments all hirsute.
43. Pedicularis Waliicllii Bunije (1843).
Humilis glabra rhizomate incrassato verticali basi radicibus fusiformibus carnosis
apice in ramis plui-ibus supra solum extrusis unicaulibus abeunti ramorum collis squamis
laneeolatis vestitis caule simplice subnudo brevi foliis radicalibus paucis (1—4) longe
petiolatis caulinis 1—3 lineari-lanceolatis pinnatifidis segmentis 13—25-jugis ovato-lanceolatis
crenato-serratis lionbus paucis racemo 2—5.floro distincte pedicellatis bracteis foliaceis
breve petiolatis crenatis calycis inflato-campanulati coriacei glaberrimi antice parum fissi
5-dentati segmentis laneeolatis supparibua postico subintegro reliquis cristatis corollai
EHYNCHOLOPHIE.
tubo calycem dimidio superante fauce ipsa parum ampliato labio 3-1 obo lobis rotundati.s
margine sinuatis lateralibus medio dimidio inajoribus galea subinflata arcuato-incurva
parte basali erecta tubo ^quilata parto antherigera falcata in rostrum porrectum fere
Lorizontale apice margine truncato-laciniatum abruptius producta staniinibus medio
inter summum ovarium et tubi apicem insertis filamentis omnibus superne barbatis
ovario ovoideo stigmate exserto capsula lanceolata oblique acuminata serninibus paucis
anguste ellipticis testa nigrescentibus vix reticulatis.—P. Wallichii Bunge in Bull.
Sdent. Acad. Petersi. viii (1843), 251 (nomen) et in Walp., Rep. i.i, 415 (1844); Pram
in JouT. As. Soc. Beng. Iviii, 2, 273.—P. asplenifoha Wall., Cat. 416A (1828); Benth.,
Scroph. Ind. 54 ; DO. Prodr. x, 578 {iu parte).—F. aspleniifolia Hook. /., F.or. Brit.
Ind. iv, 315 (1884) {sìjn. omn. et var. amh. exclus.) ; nequaquam P. asplenifolia Floerke.
In HIMALAYA centrali et orientali:—Nepal; in Gossain Than, Wallich {Cat. n. 4I6A)!
Sikkim: ad Samdong et in Tan-ka-la, 14—15,000, Hooker; Jongri, 14,000, Watt!
Patang-la ; Ka-pur, infra Kin chin] anga ; in Phullaloong, 12,000 p. s. ni., Kingii mer cenar..'
Chumbi : ad Lu-ma-poo, Kingii mcrcenar. ! Nepal orientali : Kagling, prope Kangla,
14,000 p. s. m. et apud Bijan, ad fines Sikkimenses, 12,000 p. s. m., Kingii mercen'ir. !
Junio, Julio, et Augusto floret; corolla concolor rubra.
Caule 3'5—11 cm. alto rhizomate 5—8 cm. longo hoc 0'5 cm. crasso radicibus
6—8 cm. longis, petiolis 2—6 cm., laminis 2—3 cm. x 0-25—0-5 cm. segmentis 1 — 2
X 1 mm., bracteis 16 mm. X 3 mm., pedicellis 3—6 mm., calyce 13 mm. longo hoc 6
mm. lato, corolliB tubo IG—18 mm. longo galea? parte basali 6-5 X 2'5 mm. parte
antherigera 6 x 4 mm. rostro 3'0 mm. longo labio 16 mm. lato, capsula 20 mm.
longa hac 7'5 mm. lata seminibus 2'0 mm. longis 0 75 mm. latis.
PLATE 17. A, B; figs. 1—8.—Pedicularis Wallichii Bunge.
A—Specimen from Gossain Than, Nepal {Wall. Cat. n. 416A in Herb. Calcutt.J.
13—Fruiting specimen from Bijan; Sikkim-Nepal frontier.
This account of P. Wallichii is based on the examination of 93 specimens.
It must be noted that although Wallicli named this species P. asplenifolia, he quotes
neither Floerke, who first applied this name to a species of Pedicularis, nor Willdenow,
by whom Floerke's species was first described, as the authority for the name ; and it
appears probable that Wallich applied the name to this plant (which it suits much
better than it does the species that bears it), not from any idea that it was con specific
with Floerke's species, to which it is not remarkably closely related, but because he
had either for the moment overlooked the fact that the name was pre-occupied or
because he considered with Bentliam {vide Scroph. Ind. 54, footnote) that Floerke's plant
was properly reduced to P. rosb-ata, and that therefore he was at liberty to apply the
name Floerke had used to designate a different species. But whether this was Wallich's
intention or no, Bunge is clearly right in according specific rank to Wallich's plant.
It is not, however, more nearly related to P. rostrata, as Bunge says, than to
P . asplenifolia, but is equally distinct from both. Bentham, who in 1835 located Floerke's
plant in P. rosirata (in this following Steven), in 1846 reconsidered his opinion, restored
Floerke's species, and now placed tlie Wallichian plant within it, treating P. geminata
Portenschlag (P. Portenschlagii Saut.), another species equally well characterised and which
as Reicbenbach /., Jlaximowicz and Steininger show, is qidte distinct, in the same wav'.
From both P. Wallichii is at once diagnosed by its lanceolate leaf-scales, few radical
leaves, very different lamina?, glabrous coriaceous subinflated calyx, much longer corolla