Pedicularis.] ^ cur. scmoPmvrAmmwEX. (J. D. Hooker.) 309 
obtuse. Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 562. P. abrotanifolia, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. 
& T., not of Bieberst. 
WESTERN TIBET; Nubra and Ladak, alt. 11-15,000 ft., Thomson, &c.; Balch 
Pass, N. of Kumaon, alt. 16,500 ft., Strachey & Winterbottom.— Dt18TRIB. Soongaria. 
Rootstock stout. Stems many, 6-12 in., rarely branched. Radical leaves 1-4 by 
4-3 in., petiole slender, crenatures often callous; cauline opposite and 3-6 in a whorl, 
i-2in.long. Spikes 1-4 in., stout, very villous; bracts longer than the calyx, entire 
or toothed ; flowers % in. long. Calyx i in.; lobes short, obtuse. Corolla pink, lower 
lip small very short. Capsule oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, nearly straight, half ex- 
serted. Seeds 4, in., ellipsoid, subacute, striate and punctate, pale.— Differs from P. 
abrotanifolia, Bieb., in the pink flowers, and long upper lip of the corolla. 
ll. P. verticillata, Linn.; Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 563; sparingly 
hairy, stems erect or ascending, cauline leaves few whorled sessile or sub- 
sessile oblong or linear-oblong pinnatifid segments rather distant ovate sub- 
pinnatifid and crenulate, spikes broad short often interrupted, corolla-tube 
twice as long as the calyx, upper lip small nearly straight subtrancate much 
smaller than the large broad lower lip. Jacq. Fl. Austr. t. 206; Gaertn. 
Fruct. i. 246, t. 53, £.5; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 1762, f. 1-14; Boiss. Fl. 
Orient. iv. 485. P. Stevenii, Bunge in Ledeb. Fl. Alt. ii. 427. 
ALPINE HIMALAYA; Kunawur, Royle; Lahul, Jaeschke ; Sanch Pass, alt. 14- 
15,000 ft., Ellis. Sikkim, alt. 11-13,000 ft., J. D. H.— DISTRIB. From the Pyrenees 
to the Himalaya, N. Asia, N. America, and the Arctic regions. . . 
Rootstock rather slender. Stems 4-10 in. high. Radical leaves 2-3 in., petioled ; 
cauline shorter, whorled. Spikes 1-3 in. by 13 broad, lower whorl of flowers often 
distant, with leafy bracts, upper dense; bracts usually longer than the calyx, pinnatifid 
or crenate ; flowers j in. long. Calyx } in.; lobes broad, very short. Corolla piuk- 
purple; tube broad, lower lip 4-3 in. diam. Capsule } in., oblong-lanceolate, straight, 
acuminate, twice as long as the calyx. Seeds j, in. long, rather broad, finely striate 
and punctulate, pale. 
12. P. denudata, Hook. f.; nearly glabrous, stems long simple very 
slender, cauline leaves in few distant whorls very short sessile oblong pin- 
natifid pubescent, segments crenate, spikes elongate interrupted, bracts 
whorled pinnatitid longer than the flowers, corolla-tube longer than the 
calyx, upper lip abruptly deflexed longer than the lower, tip subacute. 
Pedicularis n. 11, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; Lachen Valley, alt. 12-13,000 ft., J. D. H. . 
Stems solitary or many from the root, 8-12 in., with 1-2 whorls or pairs of leaves. 
Root-leaves evanescent, small, petioled; cauline 4 in a whorl, 4-1 in. long, o tuse. 
Spikes interruptedly whorled ; lower flowers with spreading bracts larger than t he 
cauline leaves; flowers } in. long. Calyx à in. ; lobes short, crenate. Corolla pink. 
Capsule not seen.—Near P. verticillata, dittering in the very small lower lip. 
13. P. mollis, Wall. Cat. 415; tall, stout, erect, hirsute or glabrate, 
simple or with whorled slender branches, leaves whorled ovate or oblong 
pinnatifid puberulous segments linear crenate or again pinnatifid, spi es 
elongate interrupted, calyx-lobes oblong crested, upper lip narrow straig! 
much longer than the lower tip rounded. Benth. ScropA. Ind. 53, and in 
DC. Prodr. x. 564; Bot. Mag. t. 4599. 
x ALPINE HIMALAYA and WESTERN Tipe A Nubra, alt. 11-12,000 ft., Thomson ; 
epal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 10-14,000 ft., J. D. H. . . 
PAnnual. Stem 2-3 1t., sometimes as thick as the little finger, riot, hollow. 
Leaves all cauline in several tiers, 4-5 in a whorl, 1-2 by i-i un segra 1 in 
crowded. Spikes on the branches and main stem 6-16 in., strict; nio rere A the 
long, in superposed but separated whorls; bracts pinnatifid, longer or shor 
