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tube and basal part of hood, stamens inserted higher up, filaments all hirsute
narrower longer anthers, much longer capsules and much larger seeds. In habit it
apparently more nearly approaches to P. ijumanensis and P. tsangckanensis than it does
to any of the European species with which it has been compared or confounded.
44. Pedicularis excelsa Hook. /. (18S4).
Altissima glabra rhizomate brevi nodoso lignoso radicibus fibrosis crespitosis caule
terete fistuloso ramoso folioso foliis radicahbus cauliniscjue imis mox evanidis foliis suinmo
caule manentibus cii-ca 12 longo petiolatis laminis magnis ovatis acutis pinnatlpartitis
rhachis diraidio superiore deutato-alato segmentis 6—15-jugis distantibus oppositis vel imis
subalternis ovato-lanceolatis pinnatisectis laciniis 5—O-jugis oblongis obtusis pinnatifidis
ct mucronato-dentatis floribus breve pedicellatia bracteis ovatis petiolatis foHaceis
pinnatifidis calycem »quantibus racemis strictis densifioris calycis ovoidei membranacei
margine breviter ciliati antice profunde fissi 5-dentati limbo postice prodUctiore dentibus
brevibus obtuse deltoideis integris corolla mox caducie tubo sursum leviter ampliato
demum dextrorse torto calycem parum superante labio patente margine ciliato e basi lata
sensim attenuato ovatu-oblongo ipso apice 3-lobo lobis lateralibus unnimis orbieulatis
medio elongate refieso et ad rostrum receptum obeucullato galea suberecta margine faucis
ampliati densius villosa parte antberigera a parte basali brevissima incerte"internosci
ángulo obtuso in rostrum elongatum deflexum apice integerrimo in lobo labii medio
nidulante sensim attenuata staminibus ex adverso summi ovarii insertis filamentis glaberrimiá
ovario late ovoideo stigmate incluso capsula calyce 4-plo longiore' ovato oblonga
apice votundata oblique reticulata seminibus nigris minute reticulatis.~P. excelsa Hook,
f . , Fior. Brit. Ind. iv, 311 ; Maxim., Mei. Biol. xii, 828, t. 3, / 44.
IN HIMALAYA orientali :—Sikldm ; Yeumtoiig. in valle Lachen, 12,000 p, s. m., Booker ;
inter Tang-ka-la et Ohumbi, Kingii mercenar. ! Chumbi; ad Rinchingong, Kingii marcenar. !
Phari ; ad Ga-ling, Kingii mercenar. I
Augusto floret; corolla pallide punicea.
Caule 95—160 cm. alto basi indicis digiti crassitudine, rhizomate 3—4 cm. crasso
radicibus 6—8 cm. longis, foliorum petiolis 2—6 cm. Icngis laminis majorum 13 X 10 cm.
minorum 4 x 3 cm. segmentis majoribus 55 x 20 mm. laciniis 8 x 4 mm., racemis
8—20 cm. longis, bracteis 9 mm. longis, calyce 5 mm. longo, corollas tubo 6 mm.
longo, galea 7 mm. longa hac 3 mm. lata rostro 10 mm. longo labio 18 mm. longo
basi 6 mm. parte triloba vix 3 mm. lato.
PLATE 13. Figs 1—7.—Pedicularis excelsa Ilook. f .
Specimen from between Tang-ka-la and Chumbi.
This account of P. excelsa is based on an examination of 9 specimens, none of which
are in fruit ; the description of capsule and seeds is takeu from the Flora of British
India. This is a very fine species forming, as Maximowicz I.e. shows, a monotypic
senes that in many respects connects the more usual Rhyncholophous forms with the
highly specialised American series Sur ree tee. The lowest flowers of the raceme at
times appear to remain closed till after those higher up are opened, but this is not, as
I at first supposed, the rule, as it is in Siphonanthse, After the Sowers are opened the
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tip of the beak for some time nestles in the terminal lobule of the lip (fig. 1), but
later, owing to the twisting of the galea, the beak is averted from the lip (figs. 2, 3).
The corolla thon soon falls off, and its caducous character renders the species almost
unique among Pedicularis, the rulo being for the witherinii corolla to persist and become
gradually extruded by the ripening capsule before it finally is blown or falls away. It
is impossible to mistake this for any other species at present known.
45. Pedicularis lachnoglossa Jlook. f . (1884),
Elata glabriuscula rhizomnte magnopere incrassato verticali basi radicibus fusifortnibu«
carnosis apice in ramis pluribus supra solum extrusis unicaulibus abeunti ramorum collis
et squamis propriis lanceolatis et petiolorum vaginis veterum densissime vestitis caule
simplice erecto stricto subnudo foliis radicalibus dense ciespitosis longe petiolatis linearilanceolatis
pectinato-pinnatipartitis segmentis 40—eO-jugis linearibus acutis distantibus
cartilagineo-serrulatis caulinis 1—3 intervallo longo separatis imo tantum petiolo brevi
reliquis sessiHbus bracteiformibus ñoribus distincte pedicellatis bracteis linearibus cartilagineo
serratis inferioribus calyce longioribus racemis strictis laxifloris calycis cylindricocampamilati
glabriusculi 5-fidi segmeatis margine villosis lanceolatis a medio denticulatis
coroliffi tubo sursum fauce ipsa parum ampliato calycem parum superante et extra illuni
incurvo labio párvulo 3-partito lobis margine longiuscule ciliatis ellipticis acutis sub®quiniagnis
galea subinflata ángulo subrecto incurva parte basali glabra recta parto antherigeru
rufo-viUosa fere horizon tali in rostrum deflexo-porrectum rufo-villosum apice integerrimo
villo longissimo denso ornato producta staminibus medio inter summum ovarium et apicem
tubi insertis filamentis glaberrimis ovario oblongo-lanceolato stigmate incluso capsula
ovato-lanceolata sensim attenuata calyce plus dimidio longiore seminibus anguste ovatis
griseo-ochraceis testa laxa perforato-reticulatis.—P. lacbnoglossa Hook, f . , Fior. Brit. Ind.
iv, 311; Mazim., Mei. Biol. xii, 837, t. 3, / . 55.
In HIMALAYA orientali :—Sikkim ; in valle Lachen, 14,000 p. s. m., Hooker ; Donkia
la, 15,000 p. s. m., Kingii mei-cenar. ! Chumbi f-Cho-lc-la, Pat-ze-la, Koo-ma py-a
(bis), Kingii mercenar. ! Phari ;—Kingii mercenar. .'
DISTEIB.—Yunnan.
Julio—Augusto floret ; corolla rubra, purpurea, vel, rariiis, sordide jilba.
Caule 13—45 cm. alto, rhizomate caetoideo extus crustáceo 7—12 em. longo hoc
0'5—1-5 cm. crasso, foliorum petiolis 3—10 cin. longis laminis 5—12 cm. longis l —1-5
cm. latis segmentis 6 x 2 mm., pedicellis 5 mm. longis, racemis usque ad 20 cm. extensia
florlbus 10—^20 mm. remotis bracteis 15—25 ram. longis, calyce 10 mm. longo 4 mm
lato corollíe tubo 12 mm. longo galea parte basali 3-5 X 2 mm. parte antherigera 5 x 3
mm. rostro 4 mm. longo labio 6 mm. longo hoc 4 mm. lato, capsula 16 mm. longa bac
6 mm. lata, seminibus 2'5 mm. longis 1 mm. latis.
PLATE 12. A; figs. 1—7.—Pedicularis lachnoglossa Hook. f .
Specimen from Pat-ze-la.
This account of P. lachnoglossa is based on the examination of 35 specimens. The
corolla is usually red or purple; in one gathering, however, that from Koo-ma-py-a {Herb.
Calcult. n. 618), it is noted in the field as dii-ty yellowish white.. It has no near ally