Pe<licularis.~\ cm. SCROPHULARINE^:. (J. D. Hooker.) .309 



obtuse. Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 562. P. abrotanifolia, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. 

 $T., not of Sieger st. 



WESTERN TIBET ; Nubra and Ladak, alt. 11-15,000 ft., Thomson, &c. ; Balch 

 Pass, N. of Kumaon, alt. 16,500 ft., Strachey Sf Winterbottom. DISIKIB. Soongaria. 



Rootstock stout. Stems many, 6-12 in., rarely branched. Radical leaves 1-4 by 

 -5 in., petiole slender, crenatures often callous; cauline opposite and 3-6 in a whorl, 

 -2 in. long. Spikes 1-4 in., stout, very villous ; bracts longer than the calyx, entire 

 or toothed ; flowers f in. long. Calyx \ in.; lobes short, obtuse. Corolla pink, lower 

 lip small very short. Capsule oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, nearly straight, half ex- 

 serted. Seeds T L in., ellipsoid, subacute, striate and punctate, pale. Differs from P. 

 abrotanifolia, Bieb., in the pink flowers, and long upper lip of the corolla. 



11. P. verticillata, Linn. ; Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 563 ; sparingly 

 hairy, stems erect or ascending, cauline leaves few whorled sessile or sub- 

 sessile oblong or linear-oblong pinnatifid segments rather distant ovate sub- 

 pinnatifid and crenulate, spikes broad short often interrupted, corolla-tube 

 twice as long as the calyx, upper lip small nearly straight subtruncate much 

 smaller than the large broad lower lip. Jacq. Fl. Austr. t. 206 ; Gaertn. 

 Fruct. i. 246, t. 53, f. 5; Reicfib. Ic. FL Germ. t. 1762, f. 1-14; Boiss. Fl. 

 Orient, iv. 485. P. Stevenii, Bunae in Ledeb. Fl. Alt. ii. 427. 



ALPINE HIMALAYA ; Kunawur, Royle ; Lahul, Jaeschke ; Sauch Pass, alt. 14- 

 15,000 ft., Ellis. Sikkim, alt. 11-13,000 ft., J. D. H. DISTRIB. From the Pyrenees 

 to the Himalaya, N. Asia, N. America, and the Arctic regions. 



Rootstock rather slender. Stems 4-10 in. high. Radical leaves 2-3 in., petioled ; 

 cauline shorter, whorled. Spikes 1-3 in. by 1 broad, lower whorl of flowers often 

 distant, with leafy bracts, upper dense ; bracts usually longer than the calyx, pinnatitid 

 or crenate ; flowers f in. long. Calyx \ in. ; lobes broad, very short. Corolla pink- 

 purple ; tube broad, lower lip |-f in. diam. Capsule | in., oblong-lanceolate, straight, 

 acuminate, twice as long as the calyx. Seeds ^ in. long, rather broad, finely striate 

 and puuctulate, pale. 



12. P. denudata, Hoolc. f. ; nearly glabrous, stems long simple very 

 slender, cauline leaves in i'ew distant whorls very short sessile oblong pin- 

 natifid pubescent, segments crenate, spikes elongate interrupted, bracts 

 whorled pinnatitid longer than the flowers, corolla-tube longer than the 

 calyx, upper lip abruptly deflexed longer than the lower, tip subacute. 

 Pediculans n. 11, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. <$[ T. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; Lachen Valley, alt. 12-13,000 ft., J. D. H. 



Stems solitary or many from the root, 8-12 in., with 1-2 whorls or pairs of leaves. 

 Root-leaven evanescent, small, petioled; cauliue 4 in a whorl, -1 in. long, obtuse. 

 Spikes interruptedly whorled ; lower flowers with spreading bracts larger than the 

 cauline leaves ; flowers \ in. long. Calyx % in. ; lobes short, crenate. Corolla pink. 

 Capsule not seen. .Near P. verticillata, differing in the very small lower lip. 



13. P. mollis, Wall. Cat. 415; tall, stout, erect, hirsute or glabrate, 

 simple or with whorled slender branches, leaves whorled ovate or oblong 

 pinnatifid puberulous segments linear crenate or again pinnatifid, spikes 

 elongate interrupted, calyx-lobes oblong crested, upper lip narrow straight 

 much longer than the lower tip rounded. Benth. Scropfi. Ind. 53, and m 

 DC. Prodr. x. 564; Bot. Mag. t. 4599. 



ALPINE HIMALAYA and WESTERN TIBET; Nubra, alt. 11-12,000 ft, Thomson; 

 Nepal, WalUch ; Sikkim, alt. 10-14,000 ft., J. D. H. 



Annual. Stem 2-3 ft., sometimes as thick as the little finger, strict, hollow. 

 Leaves all cauline in several tiers, 4-5 in a whorl, 1-2 by -H in-, segments not 

 crowded. Spikes on the branches and main stem 6-16 in., strict; flowers *-| in. 

 long, in superposed but separated whorls ; bracts pinnatifid, longer or shorter than the 



