316 CUL. SCROPHULARINEH, (J. D. Hooker.)  [Pedicularis. 
31. P. furfuracea, Wall. Cat. 412; nearly glabrous throughout, 
stems flaccid branched sparingly leafy, leaves alternate long-petioled 
broadly ovate oblong or rounded lobulate or subpinnatifid lobes irregularly 
toothed, flowers axillary and in lax leafy racemes, calyx-lobes very small, 
corolla pale pink tube short, upper lip arched beaked. “Benth. Scroph. Ind. 
54, and in DC. Prodr. x. 580. 
CENTRAL and EASTERN HIMALAYA; Nepal, Wallich; Sikkim, margins of woods, 
alt. 8-12,000 ft., J. D. H., &. 
Perennial? Stems 1-2 ft., as thick as a crow-quill, flexuous succulent, with one 
or two lines of pubescence above. Leaves 1-3 by 1-2} in., membranous, sometimes 
pinnatisect at the base, glabrous on both surfaces, nearly white with finely reticulated 
venules beneath ; petiole very slender, 1-3 in. Flowers scarcely racemose, $ in. long; 
bracts leaf-like; pedicels }-4 in., very slender. Calyx 4 in. long, tubular, split on 
one side. Corolla very pale pink, lower lip about j in. broad. Capsule $ m. long, 
ovate-lanceolate, nearly straight, acuminate, twice as long as the calyx. Seeds ya iU 
long, ellipsoid, acute, most minutely reticulate, black. 
3105 VAR. integrifolia ; leaves broadly ovate or rounded irregularly toothed or lobulate, 
calyx villous, corolla red-purple. Pedicularis n. 80, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. § T.—Sikkim, 
alt. 9-10,000 ft., J. D. H. 
? 32. P. curvipes, Hook. f; quite glabrous, stem very slender long 
flexuous branched branches long curved, leaves scattered small petioled 
oblong pinnatifid lobes few incised, flowers axillary, long pedicelled, pedicels 
recurved in fruit, capsules pendulous. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; Tumbok, alt. 10,000 ft., Clarke. 
Stems a foot long, as thick as a sparrow's quill, curving. Leaves far apart, 
4-1 by 4-1 in., flaccid, lobes 3-4 pair, rather distant; petiole as long as the blade. 
Calyx & in. long, mouth oblique, lobes short crenate. Capsule j in. long, oblong, 
acute, slightly oblique, haif exserted, shorter than the decurved slender pedice 
Seeds } in. long, slender, acute at both ends, obscurely striate, pale.—A remarkable 
species, 
33. P. fissa, Turcz.? ; Benth. in DC, Prodr. x. 571; stem stout simple 
leafy pubescent or glabrate, leaves all petioled lanceolate bipinnatse 
segments small cartilaginous toothed, spikes dense-fld. villous, bracts Md 
leaf-like lanceolate crenate, calyx-teeth broad obtuse entire, corolla-tu 
longer than the calyx, upper lip linear-oblong incurved acutely 2-fid hardly 
beaked, lower glabrous. 
N. Kasumir; Dras, alt. 10-11,000 ft., Henderson.— DISTRIB. Altai, Dahuris. n 
Stem (in the solitary Indian specimen) 8 in., stout, strict. Radical leaves 4- " : 
puberulous beneath; petiole very slender, as long as the blade; cauline sim! " 
Spike 2 in. long ; lower bracts pinnatisect, middle ones 3-fid ; lobes lanceolate, Mii 
longer than the calyx; flower 1 in. long. Calyz in., ventricose, woolly, nery 
strong; teeth lanceolate, entire. Corolla quite glabrous; upper lip 3 in. pos 
tip rounded in front; lower shorter broadly 3-lobed. Filaments glabrous. » 
closely resembles several other species of the comosa group, which, with P . fiss e 
may ultimately prove forms ot P. comosa, Linn., itself, as may P. lasiostachys, Bung 
rubens, Steph., and venusta, Schangin. From the typical P. comosa it ditlers 1D t 
villous calyx, glabrous filaments, and in the lower lip not being ciliate (the latter ? 
which characters seems otten wanting in Siberian specimens of comosa). 
** Upper lip of the corolla rounded at the tip, not beaked. 
34. P. versicolor, WaAlb.; Steven Monogr. Pedic. 52; hirsute above 
stem short, leaves chiefly radical all petioled linear pinnatifid or pinnatisec , 
lobes short oblong obtuse crenate, racemes oblong dense-fid., bracts pinnatiie, 
