Pedicular is.'] cm. SCROPHULARINE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 307 



lelah, in Sikkim, alt. 11,000 ft., a plant with the habit of this, but in fruit only, with 

 straight oblong-lanceolate acuminate capsules 1 in. long, and seeds nearly in. long 

 striate and punctulate. 



3. P. tenuirostris, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 52, and in DC. Prodr. x. 561 ; 



tall, erect, leafy, stem glabrous or 4-fariously hairy, cauline leaves whorled 

 sessile lanceolate pinnatifid segments obtuse crenulate, spikes stout dense- 

 fld., bracts ovate caudate -acuminate, corolla-tube exserted or not, upper lip 

 erect inflated then decurved with a long flexuous beak. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA; from Kashmir to Lahul, alt. 7-11,000 ft. DISTEIB. 

 Affghanistan. 



Stem 2-3 ft., stout, simple or branched. Radical leaves petioled ; cauline 4 in a 

 whorl, 2-5 by -2 in., lobes numerous. Bracts ciliate or hirsute, exceeding the calyx. 

 Corolla yellow, | in. long, upper lip much inflated at the base, beak variable ; lower 

 broadly obcordate with a small median lobe. Capsule not seen. 



^4. P. grracilis, Wall. Cat. 413; stem tall slender branched 4-fariously 

 hairy, cauline leaves whorled deeply pinnatifid, segments oblong-lanceolate 

 obtuse serrate crenate or pinnatifid, racemes or spikes slender lax-fid, or flowers 

 all axillary distant, corolla-tube half as long as the calyx, upper lip falcate 

 swollen in the middle, erect with a horizontal flexuous slender beak, much 

 longer than the small lower broadly ohovate or orbicular 3-lobed. Benth. 

 Scroph. Ind. 52, and in DC. Prodr. x. 561. P. stricta & P. Brunoniana, Wall. 

 Cat. 414, 422. 



TEMPERATE and ALPINE HIMALAYA; from Kashmir, alt. 6-10, 000 ft., to Sikkim, 

 alt. 8-12,000 ft. DISTEIB. Affghanistan. 



Stem 6-24 in.; branches opposite or whorled, simple or divided, all very slender. 

 Leaves 1-2 by f-lj in., rarely hairy. Spikes or racemes 3-6 in.; bracts pinnatifid, 

 longer than the calyx ; flowers pedicelled or sessile. Calyx \ in. ; lobes obtuse or crenu- 

 late. Corolla rose-purple ; tube J in., slender, beak decm-ved as long as the lower lip 

 which is very variable in size and shape. Capsule \~-^ in., shortly oblong, acute, half 

 or only the tip exserted. Seeds very minute, 3 ' 5 in. long, broadly ovoid, pale, striate and 

 with shallow pits. 



VAE. khasiana; puberulous or glabrate, leaves very short | f in., lobes short 

 close, bracts often shorter than the calyx. Khasia Mts., alt. 5-6000 it., Griffith, &c. 



5. P. porrecta, WaH. Cat . 423 ; stem short ascending glabrous or 2-4- 

 fariously hairy, cauline leaves 1-2 pair opposite oblong pinnatifid lobes ob- 

 long obtuse serrate, raceme short few-fld., corolla-tube twice as long as the 

 calyx, upper lip sickle-shaped erect inflated then shortly decurved and 

 acutely beaked, as long as the lower lip. Benth. Scroph. Ind. 52, and in 

 DC. Prodr. x. 561. 



ALPINE HIMALAYA; "towards Kashmir," Boyle; Kumaon, Wallich ; Sikkim, 

 alt. 14-15,000 ft., J. D. H. 



Rootstock perennial, stout. Stems several from the rootstock, 4-6 in. Leaves 

 -1 in., radical petioled, cauline sessile or petioled. Racemes 4-6 fld., pubescent; 

 bracts pinnatifid ; flowers f in. long. Calyx-lobes obtuse, crenulate. Corolla-tube 

 slender, |-f in. Capsule \ in., oblong, nearly straight, acute. Seeds ^ in. long, sub- 

 ellipsoid, pale, finely striate and punctulate. 



6. P. brevifolia, Don Prodr. 94; pubescent or villous, stem erect 

 simple, leaves few, cauline opposite or whorled oblong pinnatifid lobes short 

 toothed, spikes few-fld. subcapitate, corolla-tube twice as long as the calyx, 

 upper lip falcate erect then inflated with a long straight or decurved beak 

 longer than the lower lip. Benth. Scroph. Ind. 53, and in DC. Prodr. x. 561. 

 P. lanigera, Wall. Cat. 419. 



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