Asyneuma pakistanicum D. Y. Hong 2015, sp. nov.

1. Asyneuma pakistanicum D. Y. Hong, sp. nov. Figure 1.

Type:— PAKISTAN. Chitral, Lutkhoo, Buzur Hill, Garm Chashma, 3200 m, 27 Juny 2007, Haidar Ali 6294 (holotype KUH).

Herbs perennial. Roots thickened, attenuate, 12 cm long, 3 mm thick. Stems caespitose, up to 23 cm long, glabrous. Leaves alternate, sessile or lower ones nearly sessile, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, 8–12 mm long, 4–6 mm wide, base cuneate or nearly rounded, apex acute or shortly acuminate, margin entire, undulate. Flowers 3–5 on each stem, solitary, axillary in axils of bracts; pedicel 5–10 mm long, without bracteole. Calyx tube rounded, glabrous; calyx lobes linear, 3–4 mm long, ca. 0.5 mm wide, glabrous. Corolla violet, glabrous, 9 mm long, lobed to nearly base; corolla lobes linear, ca. 1 mm wide, style much longer than corolla, 11 mm long; stigma trifid.

Notes:— Haidar Ali 6294 was originally identified as Asyneuma thomsonii (Hooker in Hooker & Thomson 1858: 25) Bornmüller (1921: 350). However, A. thomsonii has its leaves petiolate, with petiole 1–2 cm long, leaf blade ovate or ovate-lanceolate, much larger, 3–6 cm long, 2–3 cm wide. Flowers of this species are in a cyme of 1–3, and particularly the stigma is bifid. Therefore, I consider this species as distinct and clearly different from A. thomsonii.