5. P. ctenophora Rydb. Stems several from a very leafy, often 
branched caudex, 20-40 om. tall, glabrous throughout; leaves mostly basal, 
oblanceolate in outline, 8-15 om. long, pinnately divided into linear seg- 
ments, the longest 6-12 mm. long, 1-2 mm. wide, diminishing at the apex and 
base of the blade, all finely serrulate, the stem leaves similar, agmhaem, 
sessile; flowers alternately arranged in a raceme, .5-1 om. distant, each 
subtended by a S-5-cleft subfoliar bract, the divisions linear, entire; 
calyx glabrous, scarious in the sinuses, 7-8 mm. long, the lateral lobes 
1-1.5 mm. long, pubescent within, the posterior shorter; corolla purple, the 
galea strongly hooded and beaked, the beak decurved between the lobes of the 
lip, which are 6-9 mm. wide and completely invest the beak; capsule not seen. 
On very high ridges in moist soil, Bitter hoot Mte,,8800 te; 
Blodgetts Peak; Coolwater lit. 
Benth.) Piper. feted 
6. Pe groenlandica Retz. y, the stémsS Several from a very 
leafy, often branched caudex, 20-100 om. tall, virgate, 6-20 om. long, oblong> =./ 
lanceolate in outline, pinnately divided into oblong or lanceolate lobes, the 
longest 8-15 mm. long, 2-5 mm. wide, once or twice sharply serrate, scemewhat-> 
: the cauline leaves similar but reduced; flowers 
spirally crowded into a dense spike 10-30 om. long, each subtended ty a 
pinnately cleft subfoliar bract, or the uppermost entire, calyx 5 mm. long, ‘ 
thin, often purplish, the lobes subequal .5-1 mme long; corolla purple, the ; 
galea arched and prolonged into a declined and recurving subtubular beak 
15-18 mm. long, bearing two short lobes within at the base, the whole resembling 
an elephant's head and trunk; capsule about 9-12 mm. long; seeds 3 mm. long. 
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Common in subalpine meadows and along subalpine streams, frequently bp 
extending as low as 5000 feet along streams in small subalpine communities. 
7. Pe. racemosa Dougl. Stems several or numerous from a perennial crown, 
40-60 cm. tall, glabrous, usually purple; leaves lanceolate, 4-8 cm. long, 4-12 
mn. wide, acute, cuneate at the base or rounded to a petiole 5-6 mm. long, 
glabrous and veiny, the margins doubly crenate-serrate; Sremsramimlshort fracemes ) 5 
ubtended by reduced subfoliar bracts ,..@te~rreenes-.ci-ther—-vterméineal-or-etererlet 
iba atid 3 Of--ghe-leaves.on-sieonder peduneles:.l-8. cm. long,~or-bhe’ tomar 
5 SAD AAMAS.» ROFYRBOSAALF:- PABA calyx 8 mm. long, the lobes two, the : 
posterior sepal wanting, the two remaining sepals of each side united to a common 
acuminate apex; corolla white, the lower lip transversely oblong, 6x12 mne, with 4 
2 ridges in the palate, the lateral lobes much exceeding the middle lobe in size, 
the galea strongly arcuate and decurved, 16-18 mm. long; capsule narrowly ovate, 
very acute, 10-12 mn. long. 
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Frequent in semi-mature or young forest or in thin subalpine forests. | 
