312 CIII. SCROPHULARINEX. (J. D. Hooker.)  [Pedicularis. 
a swan’s quill, Leaves 4-6 by j-$ in., flaccid; segments distant; rachis winged or 
not; petiole often as long asthe blade. Flowers 1 in. long; pedicels j-1 in.; bracts 
often exceeding the flowers and bipinnatifid. Calyx turgid, $ in. long, lobes large, 
nerves distinct. Corolla with the upper lip large broad, at the base erect or reflexed, 
then horizontal with an incurved short beak; lower 1} in. broad, lobes orbicular, 
the median smallest. Capsule (unripe) 3 in. long, oblong-lanceolate, tip exserted rounded 
with a lateral point.—Resembles P. megalantha, but the short corolla-tube and large 
upper lip are very different. 
IS 90. P. Elwesii, Hook. f.; glabrous or puberulous, stem stout decum- 
bent or ascending, few-leaved, leaves radical and alternate all shortly petioled 
linear pinnatifid or piunatisect, lobes oblong short obtuse coarsely crenate 
or lobulate, racemes short, flowers very large purple, calyx nerveless pubes- 
cent lobes erested, corolla-tube not exceeding the calyx, upper lip inflated 
sickle-shaped with an incurved beak much smaller than the very broad lower 
lip Pedicularis n. 24, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA; Lachen Valley, alt. 12-14,000 ft., J. D. H., Elwes. — 
Rootstock perennial? Stemas thick as a goose-quill, rarely 1 ft., curved. Radical 
leaves numerous, 5-7 by 4-3 in, puberulous beneath; petiole short, 4-3 iu., stout; 
cauline similar. Racemes very short; bracts foliaceous, pedicels 3-4 in. ; flowers 1} m. 
long. Calyx 4-4 in., cylindric, puberulous, split } way down, mouth with 2 crenate lobes. 
Corolla dark-purple, upper lip with the inflated portion suddenly contracted into the 
short incurved beak ; lower erect enclosing the upper, 1 in. broad, of a small medial and 
two lateral very large rounded lobes. Capsule not seen.—The calyx of this species 1$ 
quite unlike that of P. macrantha, being terete puberulous and without apparent 
nerves, 
$88 Tube of the corolla more than twice as long as the calyx; upper lip 
glabrous, sickle-shaped or annular, not inflated in the middle. 
21. P. megalantha, Don Prodr. 94; pubescent or villous, stem tall 
stout erect leafy, leaves alternate long-petioled oblong-lanceolate pinnatifid, 
lobes short or long crenate or again pinnatifid, racemes at length lax-fld., 
bracts pinnatifid, calyx-lobes crested, corolla-tube twice as long as the caly X, 
upper iip annular gradually narrowed from the base and produced into à 
long slender tail, lower very large. Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 564; Wall. Cat. 
411; Regel Gartenfl. t. 943. 
TEMPERATE and SUBALPINE HIMALAYA; from Kashmir, alt. 7-14,000 ft. to 
Sikkim, alt. 11-15,000 ft. . 
Stem 1-2 ft., solitary or several from the root, often as thick as a swan's quill, 
hollow. Radical leaves 2-10 in., 2-pinnatifid ; petiole slender; cauline sometimes as 
long. Racemes 4-10 in. ; pedicels }-} in. ; lower bracts longer than the flowers. Calys 
$ in. long, inflated, hirsute, nerves strong. Corolla-tube very slender, 3-1 in. ; upper 
lip slender, lower 1 in. broad. Capsule 3-1} in. long, half exserted, linear-oblong; 
acute. Seeds j in. long, finely reticulate.— The colour of the flowers is variously 
noted as yellow and rose-pink ; in Sikkim they are rose-purple, in Regel’s figure they 
are golden yellow. 
22. P. bicornuta, Klotzsch in Reis. Pr. Waldens. Bot. 109, t. 6l; 
pubescent or hirsute, stem usually very stout tall erect simple leafy, leaves 
alternate all petioled linear or linear-oblong pinnatifid to the middle lobes 
rounded crenate or lobulate, spikes or racemes long stout many-fid., bracts 
crenate, calyx-lobes crested, corolla yellow, upper lip annular produced into 
a slender curved bifid tail, lower very large. P. eximia, Watt in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xviii. 381, t. 13. Pedicularis n. 23, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T. 
WESTERN ALPINE HIMALAYA and WESTERN TIBET, from Kashmir to Kunawur, 
alt. 9-13,000 ft., Falconer, &c.—DisTRIB. Affghanistan, Yarkand and Kashgar. 
