Pedicularis.| ^ cm. scRoPHULARINEX. (J. D. Hooker.) 313 
Root of stout fleshy fibres. Stem 6-24 in. high, often as thick as the thumb; small 
specimens are stemless, the raceme or spike apparently springing from the root. Radical 
leaves numerous in small stemless specimens, evanescent in large, blade 4-12 by }~1} 
in., lobes very many, close-set ; cauline leaves like the radical; petiole 1-2 in. Raceme 
often 8 in. long, with many rather crowded flowers ; bracts usually shorter than the 
calyx; pedicels 0-3 in. Calyx 4-$ in. long, broadly oblong, laxly hirsute. Corolla- 
tube from a little longer to twice as long as the calyx; upper lip often sigmoid or 
cycloid, lower 1-14 in. broad. Capsule 1-1} in. long, oblong-lanceolate finely acuminate, 
twice as long as the calyx. Seeds } in. long, pale, striate and reticulate. 
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'* 93. P. bella, Hook. f.; dwarf, stemless, or nearly so, radical leaves 
tufted obovate obovate-oblong or subspathulate crenate densely pubescent, 
pedicels axillary, corolla dark purple tube long slender, upper lip small 
annular very much shorter than and enveloped in the very large broad lower. 
Pedicularis n. 22, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; Kongra Lama, alt. 16,000 ft., J. D. H. 
foot apparently annual. Leaves lin., narrowed into a broad petiole, densely hoary- 
tomentose on both surfaces. Flowers rather numerous; pedicel 1-1 in. Calyx à in., 
tubular, hoary ; lobes large, rounded, crenate. Corolla very large for the size of the 
plant; lower lip forming a very broadly funnel-shaped cup 1 in. diam., in which the 
short upper lip nestles. Capsule $-3 in. long, narrowly oblong, subfalcate, tip acute 
oblique. Seeds pale, striate and deeply pitted.—A singular and very beautiful species ; 
the corolla resembles that of P. Perrottetiana, in its capsular form. 
24. P. siphonantha, Don Prodr. 95; glabrate or sparsely pubescent 
or hirsute, stems many from the root slender and leafy, rarely solitary with 
only radical leaves, leaves petioled linear-oblong pinnatifid or pinnatisect, 
lobes many short crenulate, flowers axillary and in terminal racemes or 
heads, calyx-lobes crested, corolla pink, tube very slender 3—6 times as long 
as the calyx, upper lip a slender annular horn gradually narrowed from the 
base to the point, lower broadly 3-lobed. Wall. Cat. n. 417; Benth. in DC. 
Prodr. x. 565. P. Hookeriana, Wall. Cat. 421; Benth. Scroph. Ind. 53, and 
in DC. Proar. 564. P. punctata, Dene., and P. labellata, Jacquem. MSS., Dene. 
in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 117, 118, t. 122, 123. P. himilaica & Hoffmeisteri, 
Klotzsch in Reise Pr. Waldem. Bot. 107, 108, t. 58, 60. 
ALPINE HIMALAYA and WESTERN TIBET, from Kashmir to Sikkim, alt. 11-16,000 
ft.—Disrris. Affghanistan. 
Rootstock perennial ? Stems 2-10 in. erect or ascending. Leaves 2-6 by 3-1} in., 
obes or segments obtuse, cauline and radical alike. Racemes short or long ; bracts 
leaf-like ; pedicels of the lower flowers sometimes 1 in. Calyx $-$ in., hirsute or gla- 
brate, nerves distinct. Corolla rose-pink, tube very slender, sometimes 2 in. ; upper 
lip longer than the broad lower. Capsule 3-3 in. long, broadly oblong, oblique, 
acute, half exserted or less. Seeds yyh in., oblong, obtuse, base apiculate, striate.— 
Varies greatly in the size of the coroila and iength of its tube. 
$888. Tube of the corolla at least twice as long as the calyx, upper lip 
Bickle-shaped, glabrous, inflated in the middle. 
a. Radical leaves numerous; stem erect or ascending, usually stout. 
25. P. carnosa, Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 44, t. 154, and Cat. 418; hoary- 
Pubescent, or glabrate, stem erect branched at the base long strict leaty, 
cauline leaves alternate shortly petioled oblong or linear-ob ong ol use 
narrowed at the base crenate, flowers laxly racemed rose-purple, M 3 
leafy, calyx-lobes crested, corolla-tube twice as long as the calyx, upper n 
arched decurved from the inflated middle acutely beaked. Benth. Scroph. 
