Pedicularis.] ^ cnr SCROPHULARINE®. (J. D. Hooker.) 307 
lelah, in Sikkim, alt. 11,000 ft., a plant with the habit of this, but in fruit only, with 
straight oblong-lanceolate acuminate capsules 1 in. long, and seeds nearly 2 in. long, 
striate and punctulate. 
3. P. tenuirostris, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 52, and in DC. Prodr. x. 561; 
tall, erect, leafy, stem glabrous or 4-fariously hairy, cauline leaves whorled 
sessile lanceolate pinnatifid segments obtuse crenulate, spikes stout dense- 
fld., bracts ovate caudate-acuminate, corolla-tube exserted or not, upper lip 
erect inflated then decurved with a long flexuous beak. 
WESTERN HIMALAYA; from Kashmir to Lahul, alt. 7-11,000 ft.—DISTRIB. 
Affghanistan. 
Stem 2-3 ft., stout, simple or branched. Radical leaves petioled ; cauline 4 in a 
whorl, 2-5 by 4-2 in., lobes numerous. Bracts ciliate or hirsute, exceeding the calyx. 
Corolla yellow, $ in. long, upper lip much inflated at the base, beak variable ; lower 
broadly obcordate with a small median lobe. Capsule not seen. 
4. P. gracilis, Wall. Cat. 413; stem tall slender branched 4-fariously 
hairy, cauline leaves whorled deeply pinnatifid, segments oblong-lanceolate 
obtuse serrate crenate or pinnatifid, racemes or spikes slender lax-fid. or flowers 
all axillary distant, corolla-tube half as long as the calyx, upper lip faleate 
swollen in the middle, erect with a horizontal flexuous slender beak, much 
longer than the small lower broadly obovate or orbicular 3-lobed.. Benth. 
Seroph. Ind. 59, and in DC. Prodr. x. 561. P. stricta & P. Brunoniana, Wall. 
Cat. 414, 422. 
TEMPERATE and ALPINE HIMALAYA; from Kashmir, alt. 610,000 ft., to Sikkim, 
alt. 8-12,000 ft.—Drsrris. Affghanistan. . 
Stem 6-24 in.; branches opposite or whorled, simple or divided, all very slender. 
Leaves 1-2 by 3-1} in., rarely hairy. Spikes or racemes 3-6 in.; bracts pinnatifid, 
longer than the calyx; flowers pedicelled or sessile. Calyx } in.; lobes obtuse or crenu- 
late. Corolla rose-purple ; tube } in., slender, beak decurved as long as the lower lip 
which is very variable in size and shape. Capsule 1-1 in., shortly oblong, acute, halt 
or only the tip exserted. Seeds very minute, j, in. long, broadly ovoid, pale, striate an 
with shallow pits. . 
VAR. khabiana ; puberulous or glabrate, leaves very short j-j in. lobes short 
close, bracts often shorter than the calyx.—Khasia Mts., alt. 5-6000 ft., Griffith, &c. 
5. P. porrecta, Wall. Cat. 423; stem short ascending glabrous pr aa 
fariously hairy, cauline leaves 1-2 pair opposite oblong pinnatifid lobes o D- 
long obtuse serrate, raceme short few-fid., corolla-tube twice as long as t e 
calyx, upper lip sickle-shaped erect inflated then shortly decurvec im 
acutely beaked, as long as the lower lip. Benth. Scroph. Ind. 52, and in 
DC. Prodr. x. 561. uu 
ALPINE HIMALAYA ; “towards Kashmir,” Royle; Kumaon, Wallich; Sikkim, 
alt. 14-15,000 ft., J. D. H. : , 
Rootstock perennial, stout. Stems several from the rootstock, 4-6 in. Leaves 
i i i i - bescent ; 
¢-l in., radical petioled, cauline sessile or petioled. Racemes 4-6 fld., pu 3 
bracts pmnatifid; flowers 2 in. long. Calyx-lobes obtuse, crenulate. , Corolla-tube 
slender, 4~ in. Capsule } in, oblong, nearly straight, acute. Seeds jj in. long, sub- 
ellipsoid, pale, finely striate and punctulate. 
6. P. brevifolia, Don Prodr. 94; pubescent or villous, stem erect 
simple, leaves few, cauline opposite or whorled oblong pinnatifid lobes short 
toothed, spikes few-fld. subcapitate, corolla-tube twice as long ast e oa y X, 
Upper lip falcate erect then inflated with a long straight or decurve pak 
longer than the lower lip. Benth. Scroph. Ind. 53, and in DC. Prodr. x. 561. 
- lanigera, Wall. Cat. 419. x2 
