Introduction
Taxonomic revisions of Pedicularis L. series Tenuirostres Maxim. and Pedicularis series Megalanthae (Prain) Bonati (Orobanchaceae), plus two new series that have been segregated from them, have been prepared and will be published in Edinburgh Journal of Botany 68(1). However, names for these two new series, and a number of other previously unpublished names and lectotypifications in the genus, are more urgently required for the Flora of Pakistan project. These novelties are published here in a brief form and with no further comment but will be fully described and discussed in the forthcoming revisions.
New Taxa and Other Novelties
1. Pedicularis L. [sect. Phanerantha H.L.Li] series Bicornutae R.R.Mill, ser. nov.
Differt a Pediculare ser. Megalanthis (Prain) Bonati tubo corollae crassiore, labello haud saccato nec ringenti lobo mediano pendenti eis lateralibus modo alieno rotatis (altero summum altero laterem floris tegenti) galea aut in labello occulta (Pediculare bicornuta) aut proboscidea haud occulta (P. elephantoides) galeae parte inferiore distincta (haud perreducta vel nulla) basin versus arcte helice torta parte antherigera resupinata in rostrum longum vel longissimum decurvum vel sursum sinuosum sigmoideum ut proboscidem producta profunde bifidum lobulis aut ut cornus ad apices patentibus aut subparallelibus producta, filamentis omnibus glabris. Folia caulina praesentia, alterna pluria, omnia petiolata vel superioribus sessilibus. Inflorescentia longe racemosa densa usque laxe centrifugalis. Calyx tubulosus usque inflatus, ad apicem paulo angustatus vel leviter constrictus. Corolla omnino lutea vel rostro galeae purpureo tincta. – Type: Pedicularis bicornuta Klotzsch.
2. Pedicularis series Rhynchotrichae R.R.Mill, ser. nov.
A Pediculare ser. Tenuirostribus Maxim. (= [unranked] Pectinatae Prain) bracteis deflexis (haud adpressis calyces tegentibus) calycum venis indistinctissime costatis (haud venis atris et clare visis) galeae parte verticali antice longe ciliata et rostro in parte mediano tomentello, labelli lobo mediano leviter emarginato (haud integro) lobis omnibus ciliatis nec glabris, filamentis ad insertionem longe pilosis cetera glaberrimis sed moniliformibus (haud distaliter villosis cetera glaberrimis omnino planis) facile distinguitur. – Type: Pedicularis rhynchotricha P.C.Tsoong.
3. Pedicularis series Klotzschianae R.R.Mill, nom. nov.
Pedicularis [unranked] 7. Macranthae Prain, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 3: 69 (1890), nom. illeg., non Pedicularis [unranked] Macranthae Bunge in Ledeb., Fl. Ross. 3(2): 301 (1849). – Pedicularis ser. Macranthae Prain ex Hurus., J. Jap. Bot. 22: 184 (1948), nom. illeg. – Type: Pedicularis klotzschii Hurus. [1948; a nomen novum for Pedicularis macrantha Klotzsch in Klotzsch & Garcke, Bot. Ergebn. Reise Waldemar 108, t. 59 (1862) non Sprengel, Syst. Veg. Cur. Post. 233 (1827)].
4. Pedicularis bicornuta Klotzsch in Klotzsch & Garcke, Bot. Ergebn. Reise Waldemar 109, t. 61 (1862). – Lectotype designated here: the illustration of Pedicularis bicornuta in Klotzsch & Garcke, op. cit., t. 61 (1862; fig. 1A). – Epitype: Pakistan, Khot An N of Mastuj between Turikho and Mastuj rivers, 11,000 ft, 11 vii 1958, Stainton 2854 (epi E, designated here).
5. Pedicularis bicornuta Klotzsch var. adenocalyx R.R.Mill, var. nov.
A Pediculare bicornuta var. bicornuta calycibus glandulis brevibus densis pilis etiam eglandulosis tecta differt. – Type: Pakistan, B-8 Kashmir, Sonamarg, 34°20′N, 75°20′E, 10,500 ft, at edge of stream, flowers yellow, 5 viii 1965, Stainton 5031 (holo BM).
Pedicularis eximia G.Watt, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 381 (1881) p.p. incl. lectotype. – Type: India, Himachal Pradesh, Pangi, Chumba State, Chenab River, southerly aspect, 8500–9000 ft, 25 vii 1878, J. Ellis snr. s.n. (hb. G. Watt 97 B) (lecto E, designated here).
6. Pedicularis bipinnatifida (Pennell) R.R.Mill, comb. et stat. nov. – Pedicularis pectinata Wall. ex Benth. subsp. bipinnatifida Pennell, Acad. Sci. Nat. Philadelphia Monogr. 5: 134 (1943). – Type: Pakistan, Hazara, Kagan, Sarul, 13 viii 1897, Inayat 22051 (holo PH n.v.; iso K).
7. Pedicularis murreeana R.R.Mill & R.Bone, sp. nov.
Affinis Pediculare pectinatae Wall. ex Benth. sed labio corollae leniter undulato, calyce curvulo antice fisso, racemo multo laxiore floris oppositis differt; a P. stewartii Pennell calyce minus decurvo, labio corollae leniter undulato, galeae rostro breviore, segmentis foliorum multo magis profunde incisis serratis (haud crenatis) recedit. – Type: Pakistan, C-7 Rawalpindi, Changla Jali, Murree Hills, 8000 ft, sunny cliffs, pink and white, viii 1948, R.R. Stewart 23467 (holo K).
8. Pedicularis staintonii R.R.Mill, sp. nov.
A Pediculare pectinata Wall. ex Benth. foliis basalibus et caulinis angustioribus pinnatipartitis (non pinnatisectis) caulinis semper 4-natis, inflorescentia laxissima floribus 4-natis (non 3-natis), bracteis medianis et superioribus oblong-ellipticis obtusis vel subacutis (non ovatis vel orbiculari-ovatis breviter acuminatis), calyce campanulato paulo curvato (haud ovoideo recto) haud inflato breviore (7–9 mm non 10–12 mm), seminum testa sine jugis longitudinalibus sed reticuli luminibus maximis haud parvis late ellipticis vel suborbicularibus (haud elliptico-quadrangularibus) differt. – Type: Pakistan, Chitral, Chumarkhan Pass E of Mastuj, on open slopes, 12,000 ft, corolla pink, 15 vii 1958, J.D.A. Stainton 2897 (holo E; iso RAW, BM [excluding one detached inflorescence of Pedicularis pyramidata also mounted on the sheet]).
9. Pedicularis pectinata Wall. ex Benth., Scroph. Ind. 52 (1835). – Type: [India, Himachal Pradesh] Choor, Royle (lecto K, designated here).
10. Pedicularis pectinata subsp. palans (Prain) Pennell, Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia Monogr. 5: 133 (1943). – Pedicularis pectinata var. palans Prain, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 58(2,3): 255 (1889); Prain, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 3: 130 (1890). – Type: [Kashmir] Kishtwar, 11,000 ft, 20 vi 1848, J.D. Hooker & T. Thomson (lecto K, designated here).
