622 
Wiasson's Lousewort. PI. 1 foot. 
29 P. rALU'srRIS (Lin. spec. 845.) upper lip of corolla fur- 
nished with a tooth on each side below the middle; galea 
dilated, gibbous. ©. H. Native of Europe, in marshes ; plen- 
tiful in Britain, North of Russia, Siberia, Altaia, Aleutian Islands. 
Smith, engl. bot. t. 399.— Riv. mon. t. 92. f. 1.—Petiv. brit. t. 
36. f. 3. Branches spreading. Leaves bipinnate or pinnate, 
with pinnatifid segments, Spikes loose. Corolla purple, vary- 
ing to white; lower lip fringed. In marshes and wet meadows 
this is rather common, particularly in the North; it is said to 
be disagreeable to cattle, and thought by some to be destructive 
to sheep. 
Marsh Lousewort. Fl. June, July. Britain. Pl. 1 foot. 
80 P. macropéntis (R. Br. in Richards, fl. no. 233.) stem 
almost simple; leaves pinnatifid; segments linear, obtuse, sinu- 
ately toothed or crenated ; flowers axillary, sessile; calyx 2- 
lobed, curled; galea very blunt, toothed at the throat. %. H. 
Native of Hudson's Bay. Flowers like those of P. palástris. 
Large-toothed-calyxed Lousewort. Pl. 1 to 14 foot. 
31 P. Apv'Nca (Bieb. ex Stev. mon. p. 29. t. 5. f. 2.) upper 
lip of corolla furnished with a tooth on each side beneath the 
middle; galea faleate, beaked. (2. H. Native of Siberia and 
Kamtschatka. P. palüstris, var. Willd. spec. 3. p. 203. Plant 
glabrous, branched. Leaves an inch long, deeply pinnatifid, 
with toothed segments. Calyx 2-lobed: lobes ovate, denticu- 
lated. Corollas smaller than those of P. palástris. Two of the 
filaments ciliated at top. Capsule very oblique, mucronate. 
Hooked Lousewort. Pl. 3 foot. 
Sect. V. RosrRA' rm (from rostra, a beak’; in allusion to the 
galea of corolla being beaked.) Stev. mon. ped. p. 30. Leaves 
alternate. Corolla ringent ; tube hardly exserted, Galea tooth- 
less at the base, falcate ; beak straight. 
32 P. carnosa (Wall. pl. rar. asiat. 2. p. 44. t. 154.) 
erect, pubescent; leaves oblong, obtuse, crenated, narrowed 
at the base : lower ones petiolate ; spikes few-flowered, at length 
elongated, interrupted ; calyx cleft on one side, obliquely 2-3- 
cleft, erested a little; corollas straight; beak of galea slender, 
straight ; lip very broad. ©. H. Native of Nipaul, at Narain- 
hetty, Hamilt. ; at Choor, and in Mussooree, Royle. Corollas 
large, rose-coloured, 
Fleshy Lousewort. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
33 P. rurrura‘cea (Wall. cat. no. 412. Benth. scroph. ind. 
p. 54.) plant ascending, branched a little; leaves petiolate, 
ovate: lower ones ample, half pinnatifid: lobes ovate, deeply 
toothed or pinnatifid; superior leaves small, deeply toothed, or 
somewhat pinnatifid; calyx cleft on one side, and 2-3-toothed 
on the other ; beak of galea slender, straight, emarginate ; lower 
lip very broad. ©.? H. Native of Nipaul, on Gosainsthan. 
Scurfy Lousewort. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. ? 
34 P. AsPLENIFÓLIA (Wall. cat. no. 416. Benth. scroph. ind. 
p. 54. but not of Floerke) humble; leaves lanceolate, pinnatifid : 
segments ovate-lanceolate, serrulated ; raceme few-flowered ; 
calyx 5-toothed at apex, crested ; galea of corolla elongated, fal- 
cate, with a straight beak.— Native of Kamaon, Wall. Corolla 
more open than in P. rostrata; the leaves narrower, and less 
dissected ; the capsule more straight, and longer; the rest of 
the plant is, however, very similar, and is therefore probably 
only a variety. 
Spleenwort-leaved Lousewort. Pl. 1 to 1 foot. 
,95 P. rosrra‘ta (Lin. spec. 845.) stems declinate; leaves 
pinnate: leaflets or segments pinnatifid; raceme few-flowered : 
calyx cylindrical, 5-cleft: teeth dilated, serrated ; galea fal 
cately beaked. 2%. H. Native of the West of Europe, on the 
alps; as of France, Italy, Savoy, Switzerland, Austria, &c. 
Jacq. austr. 3. t. 205.—Hall. helv. no. 322. t. 8. f. 1 p 
RHINANTHACES. 
III. Pepicurarts. 
aspleniifdlia, Floerke, spicul. fl. salisb. med. ex Willd. spec. 8. 
p. 208. Plant sometimes glabrous, and sometimes hairy. Co- 
rollas purple. Beak of galea truncate at apex. Two of the 
filaments are bearded. Capsule ovate, oblique, ending in a 
hooked mucrone. 
Beaked Lousewort. Pl. 1 to 
į foot. 
36 P. ruBIFLORA (Fischer, in mem. nat. cur. mosc. 3. p. 58, . 
Stev. mon. p. 80.) glabrous; leaves pinnatifid, with roundish, 
crenated segments: floral ones with broad, ciliated petioles; 
calyx downy, 2-lobed : lobes deeply toothed, sometimes there 
is a small third lobe; tube of corolla very long; galea subu- 
lately and circinately incurved. 2. H. Native on rocks, 
at lake Baical, among moss. P. longiflóra, Rudolph. mem. 
acad. petrop. 4. (1811.) p. 345. t. 3, Filaments inserted at the 
top of the tube, not at the base, as in other species. — Raceme 
short, compact. Corollas yellow ; tube narrow, 3 inches long. 
Stamens all bearded. 
Tube-flowered Lousewort. Pl. 4 foot. 
37 P. rEvcnmrOLIA (Bieb. ex Stev. mon. p. 81. t. 10. f. 1.) 
stems many, simple ; leaves lanceolate, doubly crenated, tomen- 
tose on both surfaces ; calyx more deeply cleft above, obliquely 
bifid ; galea of corolla subulate, faleate. 2%. H. Native of the. 
Curil Islands, Bieb. et Pallas. Very like the preceding; but 
differs in the form of the corolla. Root tufted. Flowers not 
half the size. 
Germander-leaved Lousewort. Pl. $ foot. 
38 P. resupina‘ra (Lin. spec. 846. Stev. mon. p. 31.) stem 
branched; leaves nearly sessile, lanceolate, doubly crenated, 
smoothish ; calyx more or less downy, oblique, bifid; galea 
circinately hooked. 2t. H. Native throughout Siberia, in 
shady humid places. Pall. itin. 3. p. 316. 319. Amm. ruth. 
42.—Gmel. sib. 3. p. 204. no. 16. t. 44. Stem angular, and 
often pubescent. Leaves generally glabrous, rarely tomentose 
beneath. Flowers sessile in the upper axils, rather remote, at 
length aggregate into a dense head or short spike. Corolla pur- 
ple, flesh-coloured, or white. Beak of galea acuminated, bifid. 
Longer filaments bearded. Capsule obliquely mucronate. 
: Resupinate Lousewort. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1816, Pl. 1 
oot, 
39 P. Granta’nvica (Retz, scand. ed. Ist. p. 117. Willd. 
spec. 3. p. 212. Stev. mon. p. 32.) stem simple ; leaves deeply 
pinnatifid, with lanceolate, acuminated, serrated segments ; calyx 
glabrous, 5-toothed; corolla closed; beak of galea subulate, 
arched upwards. 2/. H. Native of Greenland. Fl. dan. t. 
1166. P. incarnàta, e. Groenlandia, Retz. obs. 4. p. 27. t. 1. 
Filaments all glabrous. Corolla red. 
Greenland Lousewort. Pl. E 
_ 40 P. rnososcrpgA (Stev. mon. p. 33.) leaves deeply pinna- 
tifid ; segments doubly serrated ; spike dense, elongated ; calyx 
campanulate, bilabiate, 5-toothed, glabrous; galea of corolla 
ovate, acuminated, rostrately beaked, with a villous margin. X- 
H. Native of Dauria, at Angura, Gmelin; Altaian mountains; 
in fertile meadows, Pallas.. P. uncinàta, labio corollæ inferiore 
villoso, Steph. in Willd. spec. 3. p. 213.—Gmel. sib. 3. p. 209. 
no. 20. t. 45. Pall. itin. 2. p. 523. This is very like P. unci- 
nàta, in the spikes and form of the leaves; but the flowers are 
very distinct. Leaves shorter and broader; pinnze more nume* 
rous, and nearly imbricated. —Bracteas all lanceolate, and quite 
entire, with villous edges. Corolla yellow. Beak of galea 
straight, acuminated, truncate at apex. Galea exceeding the 
lower lip. 
Proboscis-like Lousewort. P]. 2 to 3 feet. 
41 P. vxcmw4^rA (Steph. in Willd. spec. 3. p. 218. Stev. 
mon. p. 34. t. 12.) glabrous; stem simple; leaves deeply pi 
natifid, with lanceolate, serrated segments; spike elongated, | 
loose ; calyx glabrous, campanulate, 5-toothed ; beak of galea 
Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1819. 
