PedicularisJ] cm. SCROPHULARTNE^;. (J. D. Hooker.) 317 



calyx-lobes entire or toothed, corolla lemon-yellow upper lin erect linear- 

 obloner slightly incurved longer than the lower. Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 578 

 ReiM. Iconoqr. t. 14 ; Royle III. t. 72, f. 2. 



ALPINE HIMALAYA ; from' Kashmir, alt. 9-13,000 ft., to Sikkim, alt. 14-15,000 ft. 

 DISTKIB. Mts. of Central Europe, Arctic Europe, Asia and America. 



RootstocJc stout, perennial? Stem usually solitary, 1-4 in., erect, with 1-2 

 leaves, rather stout. Leaves l-2 by -^ in., glabrous, lobes or segments many ; 

 petiole stout or slender, shorter than the blade. Racemes 1-2^ in. ; flowers erect, 

 1-H in. long; bracts often longer than the calyx. Calyx \ in. long. Corolla yellow 

 with the upper lip often pink or red, tube twice as long as the calyx ; upper lip ^ in., 

 compressed, tip rounded ; lower shorter, 3-lobed, ^ \ in. diam., deflexed. Capsule 

 not seen in Indian specimens. 



35. P. polygaloides, Hook. f. ; dwarf, branched from the hasp, 

 sparselv hairy, leaves few alternate very small petioled oblong pinnatifid 

 lobes short crenate or toothed, flowers axillary pedicelled, calyx-lobes 

 crested, corolla pink tube not exceeding the calyx, upper lip erect straight 

 linear-oblong tip truncate inner angle acute lobes of lower divaricate. 

 Pedicularis n. 9, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. $ T. 



ALPINE SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; at Yeumtong, alt. 14,000 ft., J. D. H. 



Animal, whole plant 1~H i' 1 - higrh ; branches rather slender. Leaves f- in., 

 1'^bes not numerous ; petiole short. Flowers scattered, ^ in. long 1 ; pedicels jl J- i' 1 - 

 Calyx % in. Corolla pink, upper lip as long as the lower, the lateral lobes of which 

 spread at right angles. Capsule ^ in. long, oblong, obliquely acute. Seeds T ' s in., 

 ellipsoid, dark, minutely striate and punctulate. 



36. P. Perrottetii, 'Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 565; annual, sparsely 

 pubescent, stems flexuous leafy, leaves alternate petioled oblong pinnatifid, 

 lobes oblong subrecurved obtuse crenate, flowers few axillary white, corolla - 

 tube 3-4 in., throat shortly funnel-shaped, upper lip oblong straight much 

 shorter than the lower, tip rounded, Wight Ic. t. 1418. 



NILGHKRKY HILLS ; Perrottet, Wight, &c. 



Stems 5-10 in., riffid but wavy, naked below, rarely branched, sparselv hairy. 

 Leaven numerous, 1^-2^ by ^ in., obtuse, segments with incurved margins, hairy on 

 both surfaces. Flowers snbsessile. Calyx 1 in. lonar, tubular, lobes crested. Corolla- 

 tube $ in. diam. ; limb 1 in. diara., cup-shaped. Capsule not seen. 



37. P. zeylanica, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 54, and in DC. Prodr. x. 580: 

 hoary-pubescent or glabrate, stem tall erect leafv, leaves sessile or petioled 

 linear-oblong or oblong margin lobulate or subpinnatifid lobes rounded 

 cremilate, racemes short or long, bracts ninnatifid, calyx short, teeth crested, 

 corolla-tube hardly exserted, upper lip linear-oblong incurved tip rounded. 

 Wight Ic. t. 1419. 



DKCCAN PENINSULA; Mts. of the Concan, Stock*-, Nilgherry and Pulney Hills, 

 Wight, &c. CEYLON ; higher parts of the Central Province, abundant. 



Annual, 6-18 in. hieh. Stem stout, simple or branched. Leaves 1-1 by i ^ '" 

 sometimes contracted into a short petiole. Racemes usually elongate, few- or many- 

 and dense- or lax-fld., much elongate in fruit; pedicels short ; bracts lonsvr Hian the 

 cnlyx ; flowers |-1 in. long. Calyx \ in. long, cleft to near the base. Corolla pink ; 

 tube broad ; upper lip shorter tlian the lower which is - in. diam. with 3 broadly 

 rounded lobes. Capsule $- in. long, obliquely ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, twice as 

 Ion? as the calyx. Seeds ^ in. long, broadly ellipsoid or irregular, dark, puuctulate. 

 Habit and foliage of P. carnosa. 



53. IiATHRJEA, Linn. 

 Leafless low perennial fleshy white or purplish herbs, black when dry, with 



