310 our. SCROPHULARINEX, (J. D. Hooker) [Pedicularis 
flowers. Calyx 1 in., ovoid; lobes oblong. Corolla dark pinkish purple. Capsule 
3-1 in., tip exserted, ovoid, finely acuminate. Seeds 74 in., broad, flattened, punctate, 
pale.— Described as perennial by Bentham, but the root appears to be clearly annua. 
Resembles P. gracilis, especially in fruit. 
14. P. pyenantha, Boiss. Diagn. i. xii. 45, and Fl. Orient. iv. 484; 
short, stout or slender, sparsely hairy or glabrous, leaves long-petioled, 
radical many, cauline few opposite and whorled all lanceolate or ovate- 
lanceolate pinnatifid segments linear acute recurved toothed or subpinnatfid, 
spikes oblong dense-fld., calyx-lobes subulate, corolla-tube longer than the 
calyx, upper lip linear straight rather longer than the lower tip rounded. 
P. Alberti, Regel, Descr. Pl. Nov. fasc. vii. 67. 
N.W. HIMALAYA; Lahul, Jaeschke; Hazara, alt. 6-7000 ft., Stewart.— DISTRIB. 
Affghanistan, N. Persia, Turkestan. . 
Rootstock stout, with fleshy tuberous root-fibres, and crowned with membranons 
sheaths. Stems several, 3-6 in. high. Radical leaves 4-6 by 1-1} in.; petiole " 
in.; segments very variously and irregularly cut or serrate, rather flaccid ; cau he 
more shortly petioled. Spikes 1-4 in.; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, longer than ü e 
calyx ; flowers 2 in. long. . Calyx enlarged and } in. long in fruit ; lobes very varia’ e, 
narrow, sometimes elongate. Corolla pink. Capsule shortly oblong, acute, shorter than 
the calyx. Seeds large, } in. long, ellipsoid, obtuse, striate and punctate, pile 
Boissier describes the corolla-tube as scarcely longer than the calyx, but in Kotsc o 
original specimens, and in Stewart’s, and in Aitchison’s from the Kurrum Valley, the 
tube is considerably longer. 
Series II. Cauline leaves alternate. 
* Upper lip of corolla beaked. 
. 8 Tube of the corolla shortly exceeding the calyx; upper lip annular or 
sickle-shaped, hirsute (or glabrate in P. Clarkei and excelsa). 
209 15. P. trichoglossa, Hook. f.; hirsute or glabrate, stem stout strict 
erect leafy, leaves alternate sessile linear obtuse pinnatifid to the middle 
lobes rounded irregularly toothed, spike strict lax-fld., bracts ovate entire, 
calyx-lobes ovate crenate, corolla purple upper lip annular densely woolly 
with a glabrous incurved beak. Pedicularis n. 27, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. 4 
SIKKIM and E. Nerat HIMALAYA; Wallanchoon, Momay and Tungt, alt. 
12-13,000 ft., J. D. H. 
Stem 8-16 in., sometimes as thick as a swan's quill, unbranched. Leaves 2-3 by 
i-i in., obtuse, lobules very many. Spikes 3-6 in.; bracts longer than the caly n tips 
sometimes narrowed and crenate ; flowers 3 in. long. Calyx broadly oblong, villous ; 
teeth ovate-lanceolate, obtuse. Corolla-tube not exceeding the calyx; upper lip turgid 
in the middle; lower with broadly euneate or orbicular glabrous lobes. Capsule 
iin, shortly oblong, obtuse, turgid, nearly included in the calyx. Seeds broad, jh 1 
diam., irregularly shaped, deeply reticulate, pale. 
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16. P. Clarkei, Hook. f; more or less hirsute, stem stout strict erect 
leafy, leaves alternate sessile pinnatifid, lobes ovate deeply irregularly 
toothed, spikes strict dense-fld., bracts long pinnatifid, calyx-lobes slender, 
corolla purple Per lip sparsely hairy abruptly decurved from the middle 
beak nearly straight. Pedicularis n. 28, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. 4 T. 
ALPINE SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt, 12-13,000 ft.; Yeumtong and Tungu, J. D. H; 
Jongri, Clarke. , : 
Stem 16-20 in., sometimes as thick as the middle finger. Leaves 3-5 by $ m» 
lobes spreading, rachis winged between them. Spike 2-6 in. ; bracts with a broad base 
and slender long crenate-pinnatifid tip, usually longer than the calyx and sometimes 
