the leaves and calyx, with soft glandular hairs. Leaves verticil- 
late, five to six in a whorl, /ower ones petiolate, upper and floral 
ones (or bracteas especially) sessile, lanceolate, pinnate ; pinne 
rather close-placed (less so in the lower leaves), ovate-lanceolate, 
pinnatifid. Spike elongated, rather contracted, consisting of 
interrupted whorls of leaves or bracteas, each with its respective 
flower, and about equal in length with the flowers, the upper 
ones crowded. Pedicels very short, hairy. Calyx campanulate, 
five-lobed, the lobes reflexed, inciso-serrate, somewhat leafy. 
Corolla of a deep purple colour, slightly glanduloso-pilose. Zude 
as long as that of the calyx: the galea erect, narrow-oblong, 
obtuse, longer than the lip, the sides involute. Zip very broad, 
spreading or reflexed, cut into three deep rounded lobes, with 
three embossments or convexities on the disc. Filaments of the 
stamens subulate, glabrous. Anthers of two deep lobes. Ovary 
ovate, with a large hypogynous ring at the base. S¢y/e as well as 
the stamens included within the convolute galea. Stigma small, 
capitate. W. J. H. 
Cutt. Many species of Pedicularis are handsome, showy plants 
while in flower, quickly coming to maturity in the early part of 
summer. They grow, for the most part, in grassy, rather wet 
places, and are indicative of a poor soil. All of them are natives 
of the northern hemisphere, being extensively distributed 
throughout Europe and Northern Asia, abounding on the Hima- 
layas, a few extending as far south as the Neilgherries, and even 
Ceylon. On the continent of America one is found on the 
Columbian Andes, several in Mexico, the number of species in- 
creasing northwards throughout the temperate regions of North 
America — one or two even reaching Melville Island within 
the Arctic circle. Two are natives of Great Britain, and, 
judging from their habit and places of growth, we think that 
few, if any, of the species can be successfully cultivated in gar- 
dens. In Aiton’s ‘ Hortus Kewensis’ eleven species are given 
as having been cultivated in this country before the beginning of 
the present century ; we have, however, seen none of them in a 
living state, and therefore suppose they had the fate of the 
species now figured, ceasing to exist after their first year. Their 
peculiar habit is against their becoming garden-plants, but many 
foreign species would probably succeed in this country if placed 
in situations similar to those in which we find our two native 
species. J. 8. 
Fig. 1. Root-leaf :—nat. size. 2. Portion of the lower part of the stem, with 
whorl of leaves. 3. Flower. 4, Stamen. 5. Pistil :—magnified. 
