RHINANTHACEA, 
pinnatifid or bipinnatifid, with oblong-lanceolate, deeply serrated 
segments ; spikes interrupted, slender; calycine teeth oblong, 
crested ; galea straight, toothless and beakless.—Native of Ni- 
paul, in Gosainsthan, Wallich. Corolla slender, hardly 4 lines 
long. 
Soft Lousewort. PI. tall. 
18 P. veRTICILLA TA (Lin. spec. 846.) erect, nearly simple, 
rather hairy at top ; leaves pinnate or pinnatifid, with oblong or 
ovate, obtuse, toothed segments ; spikes dense, or interrupted at 
the base; calyx hairy, 5-toothed: teeth short, entire; galea 
straight, toothless and beakless. 2%.H. Native of the western 
alps of Europe; Kanaour, Royle. Jacq. fl. austr. 3. t. 206. 
Hall. helv. ed. 2d. no. 318. t. 9. f. 1. Hall. helv. ed. 1st. no. 
623. t. 17. f. 1. Flowers pedicellate. Corolla rose-coloured or 
white; both lips equal in length. Longer filaments bearded ; 
pairs of anthers “contiguous. Capsule acuminated, nearly 
straight. 
Var. B, Sibirica ; plant more hairy ; teeth of calyx serrated : 
capsule twice as long as the calyx; corolla smaller. 2. H. 
Native of Dauria, about Doroninsk, at the river Corgon, and on 
the Ural mountains; and of Altaia, P. verticillàta, Pall. itin. 
3. p. 34. 242. 444.— Gmel. sib. 3. p. 206. no. 18. Hardly dis- 
tinct from the species. 
Whorled-leaved Lousewort. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1790. PI. 
1 to 1 foot. 
19 P. susRosrRA' TA (Meyer. verz. pflanz. p. 108.) stem sim- 
ple; cauline leaves 4 in a whorl, pinnatifid; segments short, 
blunt; flowers densely spicate ; calyx smoothish, semiquin- 
quefid; corolla purple, ringent; galea straight, with a short 
beak. 2t. H. Native of Caucasus, in alpine meadows, at the 
altitude of 1200 to 1400 hexapods. Leaves of P. verticillata, 
and corollas of P. adánca. 
Subrostrate-flowered Lousewort. Pl. 1 to 1 foot. ? 
20 P. Sreve'ni (Bunge, in Ledeb. fl. alt. 2. p. 427.) plant 
ascending, glabrous, except the angles of the stems ; leaves 4 in 
a whorl, pinnatifid, with ovate, obtuse, doubly serrated, imbri- 
cate segments, having white cartilaginous margins ; spikes com- 
posed of distant whorls; galea straight, obtuse, shorter than the 
lower lip; calyx hairy, one half shorter than the capsule. 2. 
H. Native of Dauria and Altaia, in humid places at the river 
Tscharysch, and at the fountains of the river Jebagan. P. ver- 
ticillata, y, Stev. mon. p. 24, 25. Two of the filaments are 
bearded. Pairs of anthers remote. 
Steven's Lousewort. Fl. June, July. Pl. 1 to 1 foot. 
21 P. srica TA (Pall. itin. 3. p. 444. 738. no. 100. t. S. f. 2. 
B.) leaves 4 in a whorl, pinnatifid, with obtuse segments ; calyx 
2-lobed ; galea of corolla straight, obtuse. 2t. H. Native of 
Dauria, in marshes ; in shady places at Imgoda. Stem branch- 
ed. eaves sometimes 5 in a whorl: the uppermost ones often 
quite entire. Spike dense, elongated. Calyx hairy: lobes 
rounded, rarely obsoletely toothed. Corollas purple, like those 
of P. verticillàta. Galea shorter than the lower lip. Capsule 
oblique, mucronate, 
tcate-flowered Lousewort. PI. 1 foot. 
. 22 P. ama‘wa (Adams, ex Stev. mon. p. 25. t. 7.) leaves 4 
In a whorl, pinnatifid, with linear, acutely serrated, or cut seg- 
ments ; calyx 5-clefi, with ovate-linear segments ; galea of co- 
rolla straight, obtuse, shorter than the lower lip. 21. H. Native 
of Kamtschatka and the Curil Islands, Steller; and at the 
mouth of the river Lena. V. árctica, Bieb. herb. The plant 
55, with the angles of the stem, hardly downy. Corolla larger 
than that of P. verticillata, beautiful purple. Stamens all gla- 
Tous. Hardly distinct from P. verticillàta. 
Var. B, álba ; flowers white. 4%. H. Native of the Altaian 
mountains. 
Pleasant Lousewort. Pl. 1 to 1 foot. 
23 P. Cavca'sica (Bieb. fl. cauc. 2. p. 72. Stev. in mem. 
III, Pepicuraris. 621 
mosq. 3. p. 267. mon. p. 26. t. 8.) stems simple ; leaves 4 ina 
whorl, pinnatifid, with obtuse, sharply serrated segments ; calyx 
5-cleft, with serrated segments ; galea straight, obtuse, very 
short. 24. H. Native of Caucasus, on alps, Casbek and 
Schagdag ; and on the alps in the north of Persia, Hablitz. 
Spikes terminal, short. Calyx hairy. 
Caucasian Lousewort. Pl. 1 foot. 
Secr. III. SienowA'wrHA (from opwy, siphon, a tube; and 
a»0oc, anthos, a flower ; in allusion to the long tube of corolla.) 
Leaves alternate. Corolla ringent ; tube much exserted ; galea 
falcate, beaked ; beak proboscis-like, twisted or hooked. 
24 P. stpnona’ytHa (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 95.) plant 
humble, tufted, smoothish ; leaves elongated, pinnate: leaflets 
short, oblong, serrated ; spikes short; calyx hairy, cleft on one 
side or bifid, crested; tube of corolla 4 times longer than the 
calyx ; beak of galea proboscis-like, twisted and emarginate. 
^t. F. Native of Nipaul, on Gosainthan, where it is called 
Cheelomoote Swa by the natives. Stem and petioles villous. 
Leaves glabrous. Lateral lobes of calyx 2-lobed or toothed. 
Corolla purple. Lobes of lower lip of corolla and filaments 
ciliated. 
Tube-flowered Lousewort. Pl. X foot, tufted. 
25 P. Hooxeria‘na (Wall. cat. no. 421. Benth. scroph. ind. 
p. 53.) plant ascending, a little branched, smoothish ; leaves 
pinnate or pinnatifid, with oblong or ovate, toothed or pinnatifid 
segments; calyx hairy, cleft on one side or bifid, crested; tube 
of corolla about 3 times longer than the calyx; beak of galea 
proboscis-like, twisted, and emarginate. 2/.? F. Native of 
Kamaon, Wall.; at Simla, and in Cashmere, Royle. Corolla 
reddish purple or white. 
Hooker's Lousewort. Pl. ascending. 
26 P. uzcarA'NTHA (D. Don, fl. nep. p. 94.) plant eregt, 
glabrous or hairy at top ; leaves pinnatifid, with oblong or ovate, 
pinnatifid or serrated segments; spikes at length elongated, in- 
terrupted ; calyx 5-toothed, crested; tube of corolla twice as 
long as the calyx; beak of galea proboscis-like, twisted, and 
trifid. X. F. Native of Kamaon and Gosainthan, Wall.; at 
Choor, in Mussoree and Cashmere, Royle. Stems simple. 
Leaves glabrous. Pedicels and calyxes villous. Corolla large, 
yellow. Filaments hairy. 
Large-flowered Lousewort. PI. $ to 1 foot. 
27 P. rrzrPHaNTOol pes (Benth. scroph. ind. p. 53.) plant 
erect, pubescent; leaves pinnatifid, with ovate-oblong, pinna- 
tifid or toothed segments; spikes elongated, dense; calyx 5- 
toothed, crested, cleft on one side; tube of corolla one half 
longer than the calyx ; beak of galea proboscis-like, ascending, 
incurved and emarginate at top. %.? H. Native at Pyr Pund- 
jal, Royle. 
Elephas-like Lousewort. PI, } to 1 foot. ? 
Secr. IV. Fauciwe’ntes (from faux, the throat, and dens, a 
tooth; in reference to the upper lip or galea being toothed be- 
neath the middle.) Stev. mon. ped. p.27. Corolla ringent. 
Superior lip of corolla or galea with a tooth beneath the middle 
on both sides. Stem branched. Leaves alternate. 
98 P. WrassoviA'NA (Stev. mon. p. 27. t. 9. f. 1.) superior 
lip of corolla straight, with a toothlet on both sides beneath the 
middle ; leaves narrower, less divided than those of B: palistris. 
(Q.H. Native of Dauria, about Doroninsk, Wlassow. Habit 
of P. palástris. Plant glabrous. Flowers on short pedicels : 
lower ones remote: upper ones spicate. Calyx unequally 5- 
toothed ; larger teeth serrated. Corolla size of that of P. fám- 
mea; upper lip dark purple: lower one paler. Filaments cili- 
ated. Capsule roundish, very oblique, with a straight mu- 
crone. 
