Pedicularis. \ cm. SCROPHULARINE^J. (J. D. Hooker.) 315 



28. P. microcalyx, Hook./,; glabrous below, puberulous above, stem 

 simple 1-2-leaved, leaves long-petioled linear pinnatifid lobes oblong obtuse 

 crenate, flowers few subcapitate, calyx very small teeth crested, corolla-tube 

 3-4 times as long as the calyx purple upper lip inflated sickle-shaped beak 

 nearly straight decurved. Pedicularis n. 25, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. fy T. 



ALPINE SIKKIM HIMALAYA; Lnchen and Samdong, alt. 12-15,000 ft., J. D. H. 



Stem 4-6 in., solitary, rather slender and flexuons. Radical and cauliue leaves 

 few, 1-1J by \-\ in., petiole as long as the blade. Flowers 5-6 in a head, subsessile, 

 with occasionally an axillary pedicelled one below the head; bracts longer than the 

 calyx, pinnatifid. Calyx in. long, cupular, membranous, 4-nerved, 4-cleft for J way 

 down, teeth with crested tips. Corolla dingy-purple, tube in. or less, upper lip as 

 long as the lower which is | in. broad with 3 rounded ciliate lobes, the middle the 

 smallest. Capsule ^ | in. long, oblong, acute or acuminate, nearly straight, 3-4 times 

 longer than the calyx. Seeds ^ in. long, oblong, pale, striate and punctate. The 

 very small calyx well characterizes this species. 



29. P. aspleniifolia, FloerJce; Willd. Sp. PI. iii. 208; nearly glabrous 

 or pubescent, stem 3-6 in., few-leaved, leaves all long-petioled linear obtuse 

 pinnatifid or pinnatisect, lobes close-set crenulate, racemes short few-fld., 

 bracts pinnatifid, calyx large glabrous lobes crested, corolla-tube twice as 

 long as the calyx or less, upper lip large sickle-shaped erect, then inflated 

 with a short acute straight or decurved beak. Benth. in DC, Prodr. x. 578; 

 Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 1743. P. Portenschlagii, Saut. in Reichb. Iconogr. 

 v. 1, t. 401. P. asplenifolia, Wall. Cat. 416. P. Wallichii, Bunge in Walp. 

 Rep. iii. 415. 



ALPINE HIMALAYA ; Nepal, Wallich ; Sikkim, Samdong and Tunkra Pass, 

 alt. 14-15,000 ft., J. D. H. DISTEIB. Alps of Central Europe. 



Rootstock apparently perennial. Stems subsolitary or many from the root, 

 simple, 2-4 in. Leaves 1-2^ by \ in. ; petiole slender, as long as the blade. Racemes 

 3-8-fld. ; pedicels |-^ in. ; flowers 1 \ in. long. Calyx % in., membranous, lobes short 

 all crested. Corolla dingy-purple ; tube dilated at the mouth ; upper lip \ in. high, 

 lower | in. broad, 3-lobed, mid-lobe very small, lateral large rounded. Capsule f in. 

 long, obliquely lanceolate, acuminate, twice as long as the calyx. Seeds -fa in., elliptic, 

 base appemlaged, obscurely striate, dark. 



VAE. albiflora ; densely tufted, flowers white. Sikkim; at Kankola, alt. 13,000 ft., 

 J. D. H. 



? VAE. pubescens ; densely tufted, pubescent or sparsely villous all over, lower 

 peduncles sometimes radical and 1 in., flowers larger, corolla-tube sometimes 1 in. 

 long, and lower lip 1 in. diam., capsules ^-1 in. Pedicularis u. 20, Herb. Ind. Or. 

 H.f. $ T. Sikkim, alt. 14-17,000 ft., J. D. H. 



b. Stem long slender flexuo us or flaccid leafy ; radical leaves evanescent. 



30. P. flag-ellaris, BentJi in DC. Prodr. x. 581 ; softly hairy, stems 

 slender diffuse flexuous leafy, leaves alternate very small shortly petioled 

 ovate or oblong-ovate pinnatisect, segments crenate or toothed, flowers few 

 axillary and subracemose, calyx-lobes crested, corolla pink tube 2-3 times 

 as long as the calyx, upper lip forming a semicircular beaked horn tumid in 

 the middle, lower broadly 3-lobed. 



UPPEE ASSAM, Griffith. SIKKIM HIMALAYA; Lachoong, alt. 10-11,000 ft., 

 T ~D TT 



Stems prostrate and ascending, 8-18 in. long, simple or sparingly branched, naked 

 below. Leaves - in.; petiole short, slender; pinnules 3-6 pair, rather recurved, 

 lower sometimes petiolulate. Racemes very short ; bracts piuuatihd, longer than the 

 calyx. Calyx rather narrowly oblong. Corolla-tube rather broad or slender ; upper 

 lip gradually narrowed to the base and to the acute tip, lower lip about m. diain. 

 Capsule (unripe) lanceolate, acuminate, i longer than the calyx. 



