236 SUB-ALPINE PLANTS 



P. tuberosa L. Stem densely woolly, 4-10 inches. Spike short. 

 Calyx-teeth leaf-like, inciso-dentate. Upper bracts trifid. Leaves 

 bipinnatifid, with toothed lobes and woolly petiole. Alpine 

 pastures, Alps, Pyrenees, etc. 



P. Barrelien Reichb. Spike long and lax, less hairy than the 

 last. Calyx-teeth entire, lanceolate. Western Alps ; rare. 



B. — Flowers yellow. Upper lip of corolla not prolonged into a long 

 beak : 



P. Oederi Vahl. Stem scarcely 3 inches, leafy. Corolla bright 

 yellow, glabrous, and spotted with scarlet or dark purple on the 

 under side of upper lip. Leaves pinnatifid with blunt segments, 

 obscurely serrated. Carpathians, Eastern Alps, Piedmont, and 

 Switzerland. 



P.foliosaL. Flowers large, sulphur-yellow. Plant 1-2 feet high, 

 leafy, nearly glabrous. Spike leafy. Leaves pinnatifid, with linear- 

 lanceolate segments irregularly incised. Alps, Jura, Vosges, 

 Pyrenees, Apennines. 



P. comosa L. Flowers large, citron-yellow. Stem 1-2 feet high, 

 rough with woolly hairs. Spike elongated, dense. Upper bracts 

 entire, lanceolate. Leaves pectinate-pinnate, with narrow incised 

 segments. S. Tyrol, Western Alps, Cevennes, Pyrenees, N. Asia. 



c. — Flowers red. Corolla beaked. Stem-leaves alternate : 



P. incarnata L. Stem erect, 6-18 inches, leafy. Flowers large, 

 light rose-colour or reddish. Spike long and lax. Calyx-teeth 

 nearly entire, woolly like the bracts. Leaves pectinate-pinnatifid, 

 glabrous. Segments inciso-dentate, not encrusted at margin. Alps, 

 frequent. 



P. cenisia Gaudin. Stem nearly leafless ; smaller plant than the 

 last and always woolly. Spike very short. Calyx-teeth pinnatifid. 

 Piedmont and Western Alps of France. 



P. asplenifolia Floerke. Flowers few, rose-red, large. Calyx- 

 teeth nearly entire or sometimes crenate, with recurved tip. Stem 

 1-3 inches. Leaves small, pinnatifid. High Eastern Alps, from 

 Orisons to Carinthia ; rare. 



P. rostrata L. Flowers large, few, bright rose, with long darker 

 beak. Calyx- teeth crenate, with recurved leaf -like tip. Stem 2-4 

 inches. Leaves pectinate-pinnate. Highest pastures and granitic 

 moraines. Carpathians, Alps, Pyrenees. 



P. Portenschlagii Sauter. Stem 2-4 inches. Flowers large, pink, 

 few, with long tube and short beak. Calyx-teeth crenate, with 

 recurved tip. Leaves pectinate-pinnatifid, with linear-lanceolate 

 segments. Jura, Tyrol, Carinthia, Carpathians. 



p. gyroflexa Gaudin (P. fasciculata Bell.). Stem about 8 inches 

 high. Flowers rose-coloured, large. Beak of corolla short, lower 



