PedicularisJ] cm. SCROPHULARINE^;. (J. D. Hooker.) 313 



Root of stout fleshy fibres. Stem 6-24 in. high, often as thick as the thumb ; smalt 

 specimens are stemless, the raceme or spike apparently springing from the root. Radical 

 leaves numerous in small stemless specimens, evanescent in large, blade 4-12 by \-\\ 

 in., lobes very many, close-set ; cauline leaves like the radical ; petiole 1-2 in. Raceme 

 often 8 in. long, with many rather crowded flowers; bracts usually shorter than the 

 calyx ; pedicels 0-| in. Calyx ^-f in. long, broadly oblong, laxly hirsute. Corolla- 

 tube from a little longer to twice as long as the calyx ; upper lip often sigmoid or 

 cycloid, lower 1-1J in. broad. Capsule 1-1 in. long, oblong-lanceolate finely acuminate, 

 twice as long as the calyx. Seeds | in. long, pale, striate and reticulate. 



23. P. bella, Hook. f. ; dwarf, stemless, or nearly so, radical leaves 

 tufted obovate obovate-oblong or subspathulate crenate densely pubescent, 

 pedicels axillary, corolla dark purple tube long slender, upper lip small 

 annular very much shorter than and enveloped in the very large broad lower. 

 Pedicularis n. 22, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. $ T. 



HIMALAYA ; Kongra Lama, alt. 16,000 ft., J. D. H. 

 Root apparently annual. Leaves 1 in., narrowed into a broad petiole, densely hoary- 

 torn eutose on both surfaces. Flowers rather numerous ; pedicel - in. Calyx \ in., 

 tubular, hoary ; lobes large, rounded, creuate. Corolla very large for the size of the 

 plant; lower lip forming a very broadly funnel-shaped cup 1 in. diam., in which the 

 short upper lip nestles. Capsule f-f in. long, narrowly oblong, subfalcate, tip acute 

 oblique. Seeds pale, striate and deeply pitted. A singular and very beautiful species ; 

 the corolla resembles that of P. Perrottetiana, in its capsular form. 



24. P. siphonantha, Don Prodr. 95 ; glabrate or sparsely pubescent 

 or hirsute, sterns many from the root slender and leafy, rarely solitary with 

 only radical leaves, leaves petioled linear-oblong pinnatitid or pinnatisect, 

 lobes many short crenulate, flowers axillary and in terminal racemes or 

 heads, calyx-lobes crested, corolla pink, tube very slender 3-6 times as long 

 as the calyx, upper lip a slender annular horn gradually narrowed from the 

 base to the point, lower broadly 3-lobed. Wall. Cat. n' 417 ; Benth. in DC. 

 Prodr. x. 5b5. P. Hookeriana, Wall. Cat. 421 ; Benth. Scroph. Ind, 53, and 

 in DC. Prodr. 564. P. punctata, Dene., and P. labellata, Jacquem. mss., Dene. 

 in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 117, 118, t. 122, 123. P. himilaica & Hoft'meisteri, 

 Klotzsch in Beise Pr. Waldem. Bot. 107, 108, t. 58, 60. 



ALPINE HIMALAYA and WESTERN TIBET, from Kashmir to Sikkim, alt. 11-16,000 

 ft. DISTEIB. Afghanistan. 



Rootstock perennial ? Stems 2-10 in. erect or ascending. Leaves 2-6 by -l in > 

 lobes or segments obtuse, cauline and radical alike. Racemes short or long; bracts 

 leaf-like ; pedicels of the lower flowers sometimes 1 in. Calyx \-% in., hirsute or gla- 

 brate, nerves distinct. Corolla rose-pink, tube very slender, sometimes 2 in. ; upper 

 lip longer than the broad lower. Capsule \-^ in. long, broadly oblong, oblique, 

 acute, half exserted or less. Seeds ^-^ in., oblong, obtuse, base apiculate, striate. 

 Varies greatly in the size of the corolla and length of its tube. 



_ j. Tube of the corolla at least twice as long as the calyx, upper lip 

 sickle-shaped, glabrous, inflated in the middle. 



a. Radical leaves numerous; stem erect or ascending, usually stout. 



25. P. carnosa, Wall. PI As. Bar. ii. 44, t. 154, and Cat. 418; hoary- 

 pubescent, or glabrate, stem erect branched at the base long strict leafy, 

 cauline leaves alternate shortly petioled oblong or linear-oblong obtuse 

 narrowed at the base crenate, flowers laxly racemed rose-purple, bracts 

 leafy, calyx-lobes crested, corolla-tube twice as long as the calyx, upper lip 

 arched decurved from the inflated middle acutely beaked. Benth. SeropA. 



