310 oiii. SOROPHULAEINB^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Pedieularis. 



flowers. Cal^x :^ in., ovoid ; lobes oblong. Corolla dark pinkish purple. Capsule 

 J-i in., tip exserted, ovoid, finely acuminate. Seeds -fj in., broad, flattened, punctate, 

 pale. — Described as perennial by Bentham, but the root appears to be clearly annual. 

 Kesembles P. gracilis, especially in fruit. 



14. P. pycnantha, JBoiss. Diagn. i. xii. 45, and Fl. Orient, iv. 484 ; 

 short, stout or slender, sparsely hairy or glabrous, leaves long-petioled, 

 radical many, oauUne few opposite and whorled all lanceolate or ovate- 

 lanceolate pinnatifid segments linear acute recurved toothed or aubpinnatfid, 

 spikes oblong dense-fld., calyx-lobes subulate, corolla-tube longer than the 

 calyx, upper lip linear straight rather longer than the lower tip rounded. 

 P. Alberti, Begel, Descr. PI. Nov.fasc. vii. 67. 



N.W. Himalaya; li&hvX, Jaeschhe ; Hazara, alt. 6-7000 ft., Steioor*. — Disteib. 

 Afighanistan, N. Persia, Turkestan. 



Rootstocic stout, with flesUy tuberous root-fibres, and crowned with membranous 

 sheaths. Stems several, 3-6 in. high. Madical leaves 4-6 by 1—1^ in. ; petiole 1-2 

 in. ; segments very variously and irregularly cut or serrate, rather flaccid ; cauline 

 more shortly petioled. Spikes 1-4 in. ; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, longer than the 

 calyx ; flowers f in. long. Calyx enlarged and i in. long in fruit ; lobes very variable, 

 narrow, sometimes elongate. Corolla pink. Capsule shortly oblong, acute, shorter than 

 the calyx. Seeds large, ^ in. long, ellipsoid, obtuse, striate and punctate, pale. — 

 Boissier describes the corolla-tube as scarcely longer than the calyx, but in Kotschy's 

 original specimens, and in Stewart's, and in Aitchison's from the Kurrum Valley, the 

 tube is considerably longer. 



Sekies II. Cauline leaves alternate. 



* Upper Up of coroUa beaked. 



§ Tube of the corolla shortly exceeding the calyx ; upper lip annular or 

 sickle-shaped, hirsute (or glabrate in P. Clarkei and excelsa). 



15. P. tricbog'lossa, Sook.f.; hirsute or glabrate, stem stout strict 

 erect leafy, leaves alternate sessile linear obtuse pinnatifid to the middle 

 lobes rounded irregularly toothed, spike strict lax-fid., bracts ovate entire, 

 calyx-lobes ovate crenate, corolla purple upper lip annular densely woolly 

 with a glabrous incurved beak. Pedieularis n. 27, Merb. Ind. Or. H.f. Sf T. 



SiKKiM and E. Nepai, Himalaya; Wallanchoon, Momay and Tungu, alt. 

 12-13,000 ft., J. D. S. 



Stem 8-16 in., sometimes as thick as a swan's quill, unbranehed. Leaves 2-3 by 

 J-| in., obtuse, lobules very many. Spikes 3-6 in. ; bracts longer than the calyx, tips 

 sometimes narrowed and crenate j flowers | in. long. Calyx broadly oblong, villous ; 

 teeth ovate-lanceolate, obtuse. Corolla- tube not exceeding the calyx ; upper lip turgid 

 in the middle ; lower with broadly cuneate or orbicular glabrous lobes. Capsule 

 i in., shortly oblong, obtuse, turgid, nearly included in the calyx. Seeds broad, J, in. 

 diam., irregulariy shaped, deeply reticulate, pale. 



16. P. Clarkei, SooJc.f.; more or less hirsute, stem stout strict erect 

 leafy, leaves alternate sessile pinnatifid, lobes ovate deeply irregularly 

 toothed, spikes strict dense-fld., bracts long pinnatifid, calyx-lobes slender, 

 corolla purple upper lip sparsely hairy abruptly decurved from the middle 

 beak nearly straight. Pedieularis n. 28, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. Sf T. 



Alpinb Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 12-13,000 ft. j Tenmtong and Tungu, J. B. S. ; 

 Jongri, Clarke. 



Stem 16-20 in., sometimes as thick as the middle finger. Leaves 8-5 by i in., 

 lobes spreading, rachis winged between them. Spike 2-6 in. ; bracts with a broad base 

 and slender long crenate-piunatifid tip, usually longer than the calyx and sometimes 



