RHINANTHACEjE. III. PEDICULARIS. 



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pinnatifid or bipinnatificl, with oblong-lanceolate, deeply serrated 

 segments ; spikes interrupted, slender ; calycine teeth oblong, 

 crested ; galea straight, toothless and beakless. Native of Ni- 

 paul, in Gosainsthan, Wallich. Corolla slender, hardly 4 lines 

 long. 



Soft Louse wort. PI. tall. 



18 P. VERTICILLA'TA (Lin. spec. 846.) erect, nearly simple, 

 rather hairy at top ; leaves pinnate or pinnatifid, with oblong or 

 ovate, obtuse, toothed segments ; spikes dense, or interrupted at 

 the base ; calyx hairy, 5-toothed : teeth short, entire ; galea 

 straight, toothless and beakless. If.. H. Native of the western 

 alps of Europe ; Kanaour, Royle. Jacq. fl. austr. 3. t. 206. 

 Hall. helv. ed. 2d. no. 318. t. 9. f. 1. Hall. helv. ed. 1st. no. 

 623. t. 17. f. 1. Flowers pedicellate. Corolla rose-coloured or 

 white ; both lips equal in length. Longer filaments bearded ; 

 pairs of anthers contiguous. Capsule acuminated, nearly 

 straight. 



Var. /3, Sibirica ; plant more hairy ; teeth of calyx serrated : 

 capsule twice as long as the calyx; corolla smaller. I/. H. 

 Native of Dauria, about Doroninsk, at the river Corgon, and on 

 the Ural mountains ; and of Altaia. P. verticillata, Pall. itin. 

 3. p. 34. 242. 444. Gmel. sib. 3. p. 206. no. 18. Hardly dis- 

 tinct from the species. 



fVhorled-leaved Louse wort. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1790. PI. 

 | to 1 foot. 



19 P. SUBROSTRA'TA (Meyer, verz. pflanz. p. 108.) stem sim- 

 ple ; cauline leaves 4 in a whorl, pinnatifid ; segments short, 

 blunt ; flowers densely spicate ; calyx smoothish, semiquin- 

 quefid ; corolla purple, ringent ; galea straight, with a short 

 beak. If.. H. Native of Caucasus, in alpine meadows, at the 

 altitude of 1200 to 1400 hexapods. Leaves of P. terticilldta, 

 and corollas of P. adunca. 



Subrostrale-ftowered Lousewort. PI. J to 1 foot. ? 



20 P. STEVE'NU (Bunge, in Ledeb. fl. alt. 2. p. 427.) plant 

 ascending, glabrous, except the angles of the stems ; leaves 4 in 

 a whorl, pinnatifid, with ovate, obtuse, doubly serrated, imbri- 

 cate segments, having white cartilaginous margins ; spikes com- 

 posed of distant whorls; galea straight, obtuse, shorter than the 

 lower lip; calyx hairy, one half shorter than the capsule. 1{. 

 H. Native of Dauria and Altaia, in humid places at the river 

 Tscharysch, and at the fountains of the river Jebagan. P. ver- 

 ticillata, y, Stev. mon. p. 24, 25. Two of the filaments are 

 bearded. Pairs of anthers remote. 



Stevens Lousewort. Fl. June, July. PI. J to 1 foot. 



21 P. SPICATA (Pall. itin. 3. p. 444. 738. no. 100. t. S. f. 2. 

 B.) leaves 4 in a whorl, pinnatifid, with obtuse segments ; calyx 

 2-lobed ; galea of corolla straight, obtuse. 1{ . H. Native of 

 Dauria, in marshes ; in shady places at Imgoda. Stem branch- 

 ed. Leaves sometimes 5 in a whorl : the uppermost ones often 

 quite entire. Spike dense, elongated. Calyx hairy : lobes 

 rounded, rarely obsoletely toothed. Corollas purple, like those 

 of P. verticillata. Galea shorter than the lower lip. Capsule 

 oblique, mucronate 



Spicate-flo\vered Lousewort. PI. 1 foot. 



22 P. AMOZ'NA (Adams, ex Stev. mon. p. 25. t. 7.) leaves 4 

 in a whorl, pinnatifid, witli linear, acutely serrated, or cut seg- 

 ments ; calyx 5-cleft, with ovate-linear segments ; galea of co- 

 rolla straight, obtuse, shorter than the lower lip. If.. H. Native 

 of Kamtschatka and the Curil Islands, Steller ; and at the 

 mouth of the river Lena. V. arctica, Bieb. herb. The plant 

 is, with the angles of the stem, hardly downy. Corolla larger 

 than that of P. verticillata, beautiful purple. Stamens all gla- 

 brous. Hardly distinct from P. verlicillala. 



Var. p, alba; flowers white, y.. H. Native of the Altaian 

 mountains. 



Pleasant Lousewort. PI. i to 1 foot. 



23 P. CAUCA'SICA (Bieb. fl. cauc. 2. p. 72. Stev. in mem. 



mosq. 3. p. 267. mon. p. 26. t. 8.) stems simple ; leaves 4 in a 

 whorl, pinnatifid, with obtuse, sharply serrated segments ; calyx 

 5-cleft, with serrated segments ; galea straight, obtuse, very 

 short. "4. H. Native of Caucasus, on alps, Casbek and 

 Schagdag ; and on the alps in the north of Persia, Hablitz. 

 Spikes terminal, short. Calyx hairy. 

 Caucasian Lousewort. PI. | foot. 



SECT. III. SIPHONA'NTHA (from ovpwr, siphon, a tube; and 

 avdoe, anlhos, a flower ; in allusion to the long tube of corolla.) 

 Leaves alternate. Corolla ringent ; tube much exserted ; galea 

 falcate, beaked ; beak proboscis-like, twisted or hooked. 



24 P. SIPHONA'NTHA (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 95.) plant 

 humble, tufted, smoothish; leaves elongated, pinnate: leaflets 

 short, oblong, serrated ; spikes short ; calyx hairy, cleft on one 

 side or bifid, crested ; tube of corolla 4 times longer than the 

 calyx ; beak of galea proboscis-like, twisted and emarginate. 

 1. F. Native of Nipaul, on Gosainthan, where it is called 

 Cheelomoote Sma by the natives. Stem and petioles villous. 

 Leaves glabrous. Lateral lobes of calyx 2-lobed or toothed. 

 Corolla purple. Lobes of lower lip of corolla and filaments 

 ciliated. 



Tube-flowered Lousewort. PI. foot, tufted. 



25 P. HOOKERIA'NA (Wai!, cat. no. 421. Benth. scroph. ind. 

 p. 53.) plant ascending, a little branched, smoothish ; leaves 

 pinnate or pinnatifid, with oblong or ovate, toothed or pinnatifid 

 segments ; calyx hairy, cleft on one side or bifid, crested ; tube 

 of corolla about 3 times longer than the calyx ; beak of galea 

 proboscis-like, twisted, and emarginate. y .? F. Native of 

 Kamaon, Wall. ; at Simla, and in Cashmere, Royle. Corolla 

 reddish purple or white. 



Hooker's Lousewort. PI. ascending. 



26 P. MEGALA'NTHA (D. Don, fl. nep. p. 94.) plant erect, 

 glabrous or hairy at top ; leaves pinnatifid, with oblong or ovate, 

 pinnatifid or serrated segments ; spikes at length elongated, in- 

 terrupted ; calyx 5-toothed, crestqd ; tube of corolla twice as 

 long as the calyx; beak of galea proboscis-like, twisted, and 

 trifid. %. F. Native of Kamaon and Gosainthan, Wall.; at 

 Choor, in Mussoree and Cashmere, Royle. Stems simple. 

 Leaves glabrous. Pedicels and calyxes villous. Corolla larj..e, 

 yellow. Filaments hairy. 



Large-Jlonered Lousewort. PI. g to 1 foot. 



27 P. ELEPHANTOI'DES (Benth. scroph. ind. p. 53.) plant 

 erect, pubescent ; leaves pinnatifid, with ovate-oblong, pinna- 

 tifid or toothed segments ; spikes elongated, den.se ; calyx 5- 

 toothed, crested, cleft on one side ; tube of corolla one half 

 longer than the calyx ; beak of galea proboscis- like, ascending, 

 incurved and emarginate at top. If. . ? H. Native at Pyr Pund- 

 jal, Royle. 



Elephas-like Lousewort. PI. ^ to 1 foot. ? 



SECT. IV. FACCIDE'NTES (from faux, the throat, and dens, a 

 tooth ; in reference to the upper lip or galea being toothed be- 

 neath the middle.) Stev. mon. ped. p. 27. Corolla ringent. 

 Superior lip of corolla or galea with a tooth beneath the middle 

 on both sides. Stem branched. Leaves alternate. 



28 P. WLASSOVIA'NA (Stev. mon. p. 27. t. 9. f. 1.) superior 

 lip of corolla straight, with a toothlet on both sides beneath the 

 middle ; leaves narrower, less divided than those of P. palustris. 

 Cv- H. Native of Dauria, about Doroninsk, Wlassow. Habit 

 of P. palustris. Plant glabrous. Flowers on short pedicels : 

 lower ones remote : upper ones spicate. Calyx unequally 5- 

 toothed ; larger teeth serrated. Corolla size of that of P.fldm- 

 mea ; upper lip dark purple : lower one paler. Filaments cili- 

 ated. Capsule roundish, very oblique, with a straight mu- 

 crone. 



