Pediculans.'] cm. soROPHULAEiNEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 307 



lelah, in Sikkim, alt. 11,000 ft., a plant with the habit of this, but in fruit only, with 

 straight oblong-lanceolate acuminate capsules 1 in. long, and seeds nearly ^ in. loi.g, 

 striate and punctulate. 



3. P. tenuirostris, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 52, and in DC. Prodr. x. 661 ; 

 tall, erect, leafy, stem glabrous or 4-fariously hairy, cauline leaves whorled 

 sessile lanceolate pinnatifid segments obtuse crenulate, spikes stout dense- 

 fld., bracts ovate caudate-acuminate, corolla-tube exserted or not, upper lip 

 erect inflated then decurved with a long flexuous beak. 



Westeen Himalaya; from Kashmir to Lahul, alt. 7-11,000 ft. — Diateib. 

 Affghanistan. 



Stem 2-3 ft., stout, simple or branched. Badicalleaves petioled ; cauline 4 in a 

 whorl, 2-5 by i-2 in., lobes numerous. Braots eiliate or hirsute, exceeding the calyx. 

 Corolla yellow, | in. long, upper lip much inflated at the base, beak variable ; lower 

 broadly obcordate with a small median lobe. Capsule not seen. 



4. P. gracilis, Wall. Cat. 413 ; stem tall slender branched 4-fariously 

 hairy, cauline leaves whorled deeply pinnatifid, Segments oblong-lanceolate 

 obtuse serrate orenate or pinnatifid, racemes or spikes slender lax-fld. or flowers 

 all axillary distant, coroUa-tube half as long as the calyx, upper lip falcate 

 swollen in the middle, erect with a horizontal flexuous slender beak, much 

 longer than the small lower broadly obovate or orbicular 3-lobed. Benth. 

 Scroph. Ind. 52, and in DC. Prodr. x. 561. P. stricta & P. Brunoniana, Wall. 

 Cat. 414, 422. 



Tbmpeeate and Alpine Himalata ; from Kashmir, alt. 6-10,000 ft., to Sikkim, 

 alt. 8-12,000 ft. — DiSTBiB. Affghanistan. 



Stem 6-24 in. ; branches opposite or whorled, simple or divided, all very slender. 

 £eoj)es 1-2 by |-li in., rarely hairy. Spilces ox racemes Z-Q in.; bracts pinnatifid, 

 longer than the calyx ; flowers pedicelled or sessile. Cah/x J in. ; lobes obtuse or crenu- 

 late. Corolla rose-purple ; tube i in., slender, beak decurved as long as the lower lip 

 which is very variable in size and shape. Capsule J-J in., shortly oblong, acute, half 

 or only the tip exserted. Seeds very minute, ^ in. long, broadly ovoid, pale, striate and 

 with shallow pits. 



Vab. khasiana; puberulous or glabrate, leaves very short J-f in., lobes short 

 close, bracts often shorter than the calyx. — Khasia Mts., alt. 5-6000 ft., Ghriffith, &c. 



5. P. porrecta5 Wall. Cat. 423 ; stem short ascending glabrous or 2-4- 

 farionsly hairy, cauline leaves 1-2 pair opposite oblong pinnatifid lobes ob- 

 long obtuse serrate, raceme short few-fid., corolla-tube twice as long as the 

 calyx, upper lip sickle-shaped erect inflated then shortly decurved and 

 acutely beaked, as long as the lower Up. Benth. Seroph. Ind. 52, and in 

 DC. Prodr. x. 561. 



AlPlNE HiMALAi;Aj "towards Kashmir," Royle; 'Kum&o-a, Wallioh ; Sikkim, 

 alt. 14-15,000 ft, J. b. S. 



Sootstook petenmal, stout. Stems several from the rootstock, 4-6 in. Leaves 

 4—1 in., radical petioled, cauline sessile or petioled. Maeemes i-% fld., pubescent ; 

 bracts pinnatifid ; flowers J in, long. Calyx-lobes obtuse, crenulate. Corolla-tube 

 slender, J-f in. Capsule \ in., oblong, nearly straight, acute. Seeds ^ in. long, sub- 

 ellipsoid, pale, finely striate and punctulate. 



6. P. brevifolia, Don Prodr. 94 ; pubescent or villous, stem erect 

 simple, leaves few, cauline opposite or whorled oblong pinnatifid lobes short 

 toothed, spikes few-fld. subcapitate, corolla-tube twice as long as the calyx, 

 upper lip falcate erect then inflated with a long straight or decurved beak 

 longer than the lower lip. Benth. Scroph. Ind. 53, and in DC. Prodr. x. 561 . 

 P. lanigera, Wall. Cat. 419. 



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