Pedicularis,| ^ cut. SCROPHULARINE®. (J. D. Hooker.) 315 
o 
wP 98. p. microcalyx, Hook. f.; glabrous below, puberulous above, stem 
simple 1-2-leaved, leaves long-petioled linear pinnatifid lobes oblong obtuse 
crenate, flowers few subcapitate, calyx very small teeth crested, corolla-tube 
3-4 times as long as the calyx purple upper lip inflated sickle-shaped beak 
nearly straight decurved. Pedicularis n. 25, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. $ T. 
ALPINE SIKKIM HIMALAYA; Lachen and Samdong, alt. 12-15,000 ft., J. D. H. 
Stem 4-6 in., solitary, rather slender and flexuous. Radical and cauline leaves 
few, 1-1} by 4-4 in., petiole as long as the blade. Flowers 5-6 in a head, subsessile, 
with occasionally an axillary pedicelled one below the head; bracts longer than the 
calyx, pinnatifid. Calyx 2 in. long, cupular, membranous, 4-nerved, 4-cleft for 1 way 
down, teeth with crested tips. Corolla dingy-purple, tube 4 in. or less, upper lip as 
long as the lower which is } in. broad with 3 rounded ciliate lobes, the middle the 
smallest. Capsule 3-1 in. long, oblong, acute or acuminate, nearly straight, 3—4 times 
longer than the calyx. Seeds 35 in. long, oblong, pale, striate and punctate.—The 
very small calyx well characterizes this species. 
29. P. aspleniifolia, Floerke; Willd. Sp. Pl. iti. 208; nearly glabrous 
or pubescent, stem 3-6 in., few-leaved, leaves all long-petioled linear obtuse 
pinnatifid or pinnatisect, lobes close-set crenulate, racemes short few-fid., 
bracts pinnatifid, calyx large glabrous lobes crested, corolla-tube twice as 
long as the calyx or less, upper lip large sickle-shaped erect, then inflated 
with a short acute straight or decurved beak. Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 578; 
Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 1743. P. Portenschlagii, Saut. in Reichb. Iconogr. 
v.l,t. 401. P. asplenifolia, Wall. Cat. 416. P.Wallichii, Bunge in Walp. 
Rep. iii. 415. 
ALPINE HIMALAYA; Nepal, Wallich; Sikkim, Samdong and Tunkra Pass, 
alt. 14-15,000 ft., J. D. H.—Disrrrs. Alps of Central Europe. 
Rootstock apparently perennial. Stems subsolitary or many from the root, 
simple, 2-4 in. Leaves 1-24 by in. ; petiole slender, as long as the blade. Racemes 
3-8-fld.; pedicels 1-4 in.; flowers 14 in. long. -Calyx 4 in., membranous, lobes short 
all crested. Corolla dingy-purple ; tube dilated at the mouth; upper lip 3 in. high, 
lower $ in. broad, 3-lobed, mid-lobe very small, lateral large rounded. Capsule à in. 
long, obliquely lanceolate, acuminate, twice as long as the calyx. Seeds yy in., elliptic, 
base appendaged, obscurely striate, dark. . 
Van. albiflora; densely tufted, flowers white.—Sikkim; at Kankola, alt. 13,000 ft., 
D. H. 
P VaR. pubescens ; densely tufted, pubescent or sparsely villous all over, lower 
peduncles sometimes radical and 14 in., flowers larger, corolla-tube sometimes ] in. 
long, and lower lip 1 in. diam., capsules }-1 in. Pedicularis n. 20, Herb. Ind. Or. 
H. f. § T.—Sikkim, alt. 14-17,000 ft., J. D. H. 
b. Stem long slender flexuous or flaccid leafy ; radical leaves evanescent. 
30. P. flagellaris, Benth in DC. Prodr. x. 581; softly hairy, stems 
slender diffuse flexuous leafy, leaves alternate very small shortly petioled 
ovate or oblong-ovate pinnatisect, segments crenate or toothed, flowers few 
i 3 j 2-3 times 
axillary and subracemose, calyx-lobes crested, corolla pink tube 2-3 time 
as long as the calyx, upper lip forming a semicircular beaked horn tumid in 
the middle, lower broadly 3-lobed. 
UPPER Assam, Griffith. Sikkim HIMALAYA; Lachoong, alt. 10-11,000 ft., 
D. H. 
Stems pr d ascending, 8-18 in. long, simple orsparingly branched, naked 
below, Thes dd ma petiole short, slender; pinnules 3-6 pair, rather recurved, 
ower sometimes petiolulate. Racemes very short ; bracts pinnatifid, longer an M 
calyx, Calyx rather narrowly oblong. Corolla-tube rather broad or s en er; appe 
lip gradually narrowed to the base and to the acute tip, lower lip about $ in. diam. 
Capsule (unripe) lanceolate, acuminate, 3 longer than the calyx. 
