314 cm. SCROPHULAEINE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Pedicularis. 



Ind. 54, and in DC. Prodr. x. 580. P IRMnantlius bifidus, Bam. in Don 

 Prodr. 94. 



Tbmpeeate Himalaya j from Kashmir to Sikkim, alt. 5-9000 ft. Khasia 

 Mts. ; Kala pane, &c., alt. 5-6000 ft., J. D. H. S[ T. T. 



Annual. Stem 4-18 in., rather slender, strict or flexuons, usually tomentose or 

 villous above, branches ascending. Leaves 1-3 by ^f in., often scabrid, narrowed 

 into the short petiole j radical often elliptic or oblanceolate, cauline narrower ; crena- 

 tures broad, rounded, sometimes crenulate. Racemes or spikes 1-6 in., very lax; 

 bracts often longer than the flowers ; pedicels slender very short or ; flowers | in, 

 long. Calyx J in., narrow in flower, hirsute or glabrous, lobes very short, fruiting 

 broadly oblong. Corolla-tuhe rarely less than twice as long as the calyx ; upper lip 

 inflated in the middle, longer than the lower, which is f in. broad and shallowly 3-lobed. 

 Capsule broadly oblong, acute, shortly exserted. Seeds minute, orbicular, j', in. 

 diam., compressed, black, punctulate. — Bentham refers to this Don's Mhinanfhtit 

 bifidus, which differs in the hirsute upper lip of the corolla according to Don's descrip- 

 tion. Very near the N. Asiatic and Japanese JP. resupinata, of which the leaves are 

 sessile, or if petioled broad at the base and doubly crenate. 



26. P. rhinanthoides, Schrenk in Fisch. Sf Mey. jEnum. 22 ; glabrous 

 except above, stems short ascending simple 1-2-leaved, radical leaves petioled 

 linear or oblong pinnatifid or pinnatisect, lobes short oblong obtusely lobu- 

 late and crenate, racemes short, calyx hirsute strongly nerved, corolla-tube 

 2-3-times as long as the calyx, upper lip sickle-shaped inflated in the middle 

 with a slender incurved or sigmoid beak. Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 565. P. 

 elephantoides, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 23, and in DC. I. c. 564. P. Blephas, 

 Boiss. Diagn. Ser. 1, iv. 81, and PI. Orient, iv. 489. 



Alpinb Himalaya and Westeen Tibet; from Kashmir to Sikkim, alt. 11- 

 13,000 ft.— DiSTEiB. Affghanistan, Central Asia, Persia. 



Stems one or more from a perennial ? rootstock, 4-10 in., stout, curved, usually 

 quite glabrous. Madical leaves 2-3 by g— J in., lobes variable ; petiole usually stout, 

 i-^ in. Raeemes very short ; bracts leaf -like ; pedicels \-\ in. ; flowers 1-li in. 

 long. Calyx \ in., membranous, sparsely villous, shortly cleft, and with 2 short 

 crenate teeth. Corolla pale or bright pink ; lower lip |-1 in. diam. , lateral lobes 

 large rounded, median small. Capsule | in. long, oblong-lanceolate, straight or 

 curved, obtuse with a lateral point, g— J exserted from the calyx. Seeds .}.j in. long, 

 oblong, obtuse, obscurely striate and punctulate, base shortly appendaged. — The 

 Affghan specimens have more glabrous calyxes and longer capsules. 



27. P. tubiflora, Fisch. in Stev. Mbnoffr. Pedic. 30 ; glabrous or nearly 

 so, stems many from the root short leafy, radical leaves very many petioled 

 linear pinnatifid or pinnatisect lobes many shoit crenate, flovfers axillary in 

 Tery short racemes, bracts leaf -like, calyx glabrous with crested lobes, corolla 

 yellow tube very slender 4-6 times as long as the calyx, upper lobe erect 

 inflated with a slender deflexed flexuous beak. Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 565. 

 P. tubiformis, Klotzsch in Reise Pr. Waldem. Bot. 106, t. 57. 



Alpine Himalaya and Westben Tibet; from Kashmir to Sikkim, alt. 11- 

 16,000 ft.— DiSTElB. Central Asia, Siberia, Dahuria. 



Mootstoclc apparently perennial. Stems 3-6 in., erect or ascending, stout, often 

 branched. Leaves 1-3 by ^J in., lobes or segments numerous ; petiole ^1 in., stout. 

 Racemes subcapitate ; bracts longer than the calyx ; flowers li-2i in. long ; pedicels 

 of the axillary flowers sometimes | in. Calyx j in., lobes large. Corolla bright 

 yellow with dark spots on the lower lip ; tube slender, sometimes 2 in. long ; lower 

 lip i-| in. broad. Capsule f-| in, long, obliquely oblong-lanceolate, acute, J or i 

 exserted. Seeds minute, j|, in. long, narrow, with a basal appendage, black, very 

 obscurely striated. — Habit and long tube of short specimens of F. siphonantha,^m.'i 

 with a very differently coloured corolla and inflated upper lip. 



