Plants of the Punjab, 



461 



Heebs, Unbranched, with Opposite Exstipulate Lobed Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Pedicularis porrecta, 



Pedicularis 

 brevifolia, 



SCROPHULAEIACEiE. 



F.B.I. iv. 307. 

 Himala3'a, 

 18-16,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



Pedicularis 

 verticillata, 



'ScROPHULARIACEiE. 



F. B.I.iv. 309. 



BLimalaj^a, 

 11-14,000 ft. 

 Lahiil (Jaeschke). 



Pedicularis 

 pycanantha, 



SCROPHULARIACE^. 



F. B.I.iv. 310. 



Himalaya, 

 6-7,000 ft. 

 Lahul, Hazara, 

 Baluchistan. 



Pedicularis 

 megalantha, 



see Herbs, Alternate, Exstipulate, Lobed. 



small, perennial, velvety or woolly, rootstock stout, 

 stem stout ; leaves less than 1 in., stem leaves sessile, ob- 

 long, pinnately divided, lobes short, toothed ; flowers f in. 

 long, in few-flowered spikes 1-1| in. broad, top-rounded 

 nearly in the shape of heads, calyx lobes blunt, minutely 

 round-toothed, corolla 2-lipped, tube |-f in. long, cylindric, 

 twice as long as the catyx, upper lip sickle-shaped, erect, 

 then swollen with a long straight curved beak, longer than 

 the lower lip, lower lip with 3 spreading lobes, stamens 4, 

 in unequal pairs, anthers under the upper lip, meeting 

 in pairs, style slender, stigma nearly round ; capsule | in., 

 oblong, nearly straight, short-pointed, seeds -^g- in. long, 

 pale, finely streaked and dotted. 



small, slightly hairy, rootstock rather slender, radi- 

 cal leaves 2-3 in., stalked, stem leaves few, shorter, in circles, 

 sessile or nearly sessile, oblong or linear-oblong, pinnately 

 divided, lobes rather distant, ovate, divided and minutely 

 round-toothed, flowers f in. long, pink purple, in spikes 

 1-3 by 1| in., lower circle of flowers distant with leafy 

 bracts, upper closer together, bracts usually longer than 

 the c&ljx, pinnately divided or round-toothed, calyx J in., 

 lobes broad, very short, corolla tube broad, twice as long 

 as the calyx, upper Hp small, nearly straight, abruptly 

 ended, much smaller than the lower lip, lower lip |-| in. 

 diam., capsule | in., oblong-lanceolate, straight-long-point- 

 ed, twice the length of the calyx, seeds j-^ i^- ' ^°^ other 

 characters see the last species. 



small, stout or slender, smooth or shghtly hairy, root- 

 stock stout with fleshy tuberous root fibres, crowned with 

 membranous sheaths, stems several, radical leaves 4-6 

 by 1-1 1 in., many, lobes irregularly cut or toothed, stalks 

 1-2 in., stem leaves shortly stalked, all lanceolate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, pinnately divided, lobes linear, bent back, 

 flowers f in. long, bracts lanceolate, long-pointed, longer 

 than the calyx, calyx lobes awl-shaped, corolla tube 

 longer than the calyx, upper lip linear, straight, rather 

 longer than the lower Hp, rounded, capsule oblong, shorter 

 than the calyx, short-pointed, seeds | in., large ; for other 

 characters see the last species. 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Exstipulate, Lobed. 



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