Pedicularis. \ cm. soROPHULAEiNEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 315 



28. P. mlcrocalyx, Hook.f. ; glabrous below, puberulous above, stem 

 simple 1-2-leaved, leaves long-petioled linear pinnatifid lobes oblong obtuse 

 crenate, flowers few suboapitate, calyx very small'teeth crested, oorolla-tube 

 8-4 times as long as the calyx purple upper lip inflated siokle-shaped beak 

 nearly straight decurved. Pedicularis n. 25, Merb. Ind. Or. S.f. Sf T. 



AiPiNB SiKKiM Himalaya; Lachen and Samdong, alt. 12-15,000 ft., J. D. B. 



Stem 4-6 in., solitary, rather slender and flexuous. Madical and cauline leaves 

 few, 1-li by J-i in., petiole as long as the blade. Flowers 5-6 in a head, subsessile, 

 with occasionally an axillary pedicelled one below the head; bracts longer than the 

 calyx, pinnatifid. Calyx ^ in. long, cupular, membranous, 4-nerved, 4-cleft for J way 

 down, teeth with crested tips. Corolla dingy-purple, tube | in. or less, upper lip as 

 long as the lower which is J in. broad with 3 rounded ciliate lobes, the middle the 

 smallest. Capsule ^— ^ in. long, oblong, acute or acuminate, nearly straight, 3-4 times 

 longer than the calyx. Seeds ^5 in. long, oblong, pale, striate 'and punctate. — The 

 very small calyx well oharactemes this species. 



29. P. aspleniifolia, Floerke; Willd. Sp. PI. iii. 208; nearly glabrous 

 or pubescent, stem 3-6 in., few-leaved, leaves all long-petioled linear obtuse 

 pinnatifid or pinnatisect, lobes close-set crenulate, racemes short few-fld., 

 bracts pinnatifid, calyx large glabrous lobes crested, corolla-tube twice as 

 long as the calyx or less, upper lip large sickle-shaped erect, then inflated 

 with a short acute straight or decurved beak. Benth. in DO. Prodr. x. 678 ; 

 Reichh. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 1743. P. Portenschlagii, Saut. in Beickb. Iconogr. 

 V. 1, t. 401. P. asplenifoUa, Wall. Cat. 416. P. Wallichii, Bmige in Walp. 

 Rep. iii. 416. 



Alsiite Himaiata ; Nepal, Wallich ; Sikkim, Samdong and Tunkra Pass, 

 alt. 14-15,000 ft., J. B. J.— Disteib. Alps of Central Europe. 



Mootstock apparently perennial. Stems subsolitary or many from the root, 

 simple, 2-4 in. Leaves \-2\ by \ in, ; petiole slender, as long as the blade. Macemea 

 3-8-fld. ; pedicels J-J in. ; flowers IJ in. long. Calyx ^ in., membranous, lobes short 

 all crested. Corolla dingy-purple ; tube dilated at the mouth ; upper lip J in. high, 

 lower f in. broad, 3-lobed, mid-lobe very small, lateral large rounded. Capsule | in. 

 long, obliquely lanceolate, acuminate, twice as long as the calyx. Seeds ^ in., elliptic, 

 base appendaged, obscurely striate, dark. 



Vae. albijlora ; densely tufted, flowers white. — Sikkim; at Kankola, alt. 13,000 ft., 

 J. D, S. 



? Vae. pubescens ; densely tufted, pubescent or sparsely villous all over, lower 

 peduncles sometimes radical and IJ in., flowers larger, corolla-tube sometimes 1 in. 

 long, and lower lip 1 in. diam., capsules f-l in. Pedicularis n. 20, Serb. Ind. Or. 

 S.f. ^ r.— Sikkim, alt. 14-17,000 ft., J. D. S. 



h. Stem long slender flexuous or flaccid leafy ; radical leaves evanescent. 



30, P. flag'ellaris, Benth in DC. Prodr. x. 681 ; softly haiiy, stems 

 slender diffuse flexuous leafy, leaves alternate very small shortly petioled 

 ovate or oblong-ovate pinnatisect, segments crenate or toothed, flowers few 

 axillary and subracemose, calyx-lobes crested, corolla pink tube 2-3 times 

 as long as the calyx, upper lip forming a semicircular beaked horn tumid in 

 the middle, lower broadly 3-lobed, 



Uppeb Assam, Griffith. Sikkim Himalaya ; Lachoong, alt. 10-11,000 ft,, 

 J. D. S. 



Stems prostrate and ascending, 8-18 in. long, simple or sparingly branched, naked 

 below. Leaves i-J in. ; petiole short, slender ; pinnules 3-6 pair, rather recurved, 

 lower sometimes petiolnlate, Macemes very short ; bracts pinnatifid, longer than the 

 calyx. Calyx rather narrowly oblong. Corolla-tube rather broad or slender ; upper 

 lip gradually narrowed to the base and to the acute tip, lower lip about f in. diam, 

 tOapsule (unripe) lanceolate, acuminate, \ longer than the calyx. 



