Pedicularis.] cm. scrophularinej!. '(J. D. Hooker.) 317 



oalyx-lobea entire or toothed, corolla letnon-yellow tipper lin erect linear- 

 oUone slisfttly incurved longer than the lower. Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 578 ; 

 BeioM. Iconngr. t. 14 ; Boyle III. t. 72, f. 2. 



Alpine Himalaya ; from' Kashmir, alt. 9-13,000 ft., to Silckim, alt. 14-15,000 ft. 

 — DlSTBlB. Mts. of Central TJnrope, Arctic Europe, Asia and America. 



Rootstock stout, perennial? Stem nsually solitary, 1t-'4 in., erect, with 1-2 

 leaves, rather stout. Leaves 1^-2^ by J-^ in., glabrous, lobes or segments many ; 

 petiole- stout or slender, shorter than the blade. Maeemes 1-2J in. ; flowers erect, 

 1-li in. lonpr ; bracts often longer than the calyx. Calyx Y'va.Xon^. Corolla yeWovr 

 with the upper lip often pink or red, tube twice as long as the calyx ; upper lip ^ in., 

 compressed, 1iip rounded ; 'lower shorter, 3-lobed, ^J in. diam., deflexed. Capsule 

 not seen in Indian specimens. 



35. P. polyg'aloldes, HooJc. f. ; dwarf, branched from the base, 

 sparselv hairy, leaves few alternate very small petioled oblong pinuatifid 

 lobes short crenate or toothed, flowers axillary pedieelled, calyx-lobes 

 crested, corolla T)ink tube not exceeding the calyx, upper lip erect straiight 

 linear-oblong tip truncate inner angle acute lobes of lower divaricate. 

 Pedicularis n. 9, Serb. Ind. Or. H.f. Sc T. 



Alpine Sikkim Himalaya ; at Yeumtong, alt. 14,000 ft., J. D. S. 



Annual, whole plant 1-lJ in. high ; branches rather slender. Leaves ^} in., 

 Inbes not nnmorous ; petiole short. Flowers scattered, \ in. long ; pedicels ^-^ in. 

 Calyx ^ in. Corolla pink, upper lip as long as the lower, the lateral lobes of \i?hich 

 spread at right ansrles. Capsule ^ in. long, oblong, obliquely acute. Seeds ^^in., 

 ellipsoid, dark, minutely striate and punctulate. 



36. P. Perrottetil, Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 665 ; annual, sparsely 

 pubescent, stems flexuous'leafy, leaves alternate petioled oblong pinuatifid, 

 lobes oblong subrecurved obtuse crenate, flowers few axillary white, corolla- 

 tube 3-4 in., throat shortly funnel-shaped, upper lip oblong straight much 

 shorter than the lower, tip rounded, Wight Ic. t. 1418. 



NiL&HTiEKY Hills ; Perrottet, Wight, &o. 



Stems 5-10 in., risfid but wavy, naked below, rarely branched, sparsely hairy. 

 Leaves nnmerous, 1^-2^ by J in., obtuse, segments with incurved margins, "hairy on 

 both surfaces. Flowers subsessile. Calyx 1 in. long, tubular, lobes crested. Corolla- 

 iube J in. diam. ; limb \\ in. diam., cup-shaped. Capsule not seen. 



37. P. zeylanica, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 54, and'in DC. Prodr. x. 580; 

 hoary^pubescent or glabrate, stem tall erect leafv, leaves sessile or petioled 

 linear-oblong or oblong margin lobulate or subpinnatifid lobes rounded 

 crennlate, racemes short or long, bracts pinuatifid, calyx short, teeth crested, 

 corolla-tube hardly exserted, upper lip Hnear-oblong incurved tip rounded. 

 Wight Ic. t. 1419. 



Deccan Pehinsttla ; Mts. of the Concan, Stocks; Nilgherry and Pulney Hills, 

 Wight, &c. CEf LON ; higher parts of the Central Province, abundant. 



Annual, 6-18 in. high. Stem stont, simple or branched. Leaves l-lj by J-J in., 

 sometimes contracted into a short petiole. Socemes nsually elongate, few- or many- 

 and dense- or lax-fld., much elongate in fruit ; pedicels short ; bracts longer than the 

 oplyx ; flowers J-1 in. long. Calyx i in. long, cleft to near the base. Corolla pink ; 

 tube broad ; upper lip shorter than the lower which is ^— | in. diam. with 3 broadly 

 rounded lobes. Capsule ^-f in. long, obliquely ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, twice as 

 long as the calyx. Seeds ^ in. long, broadly ellipsoid or irregular, dark, punctulate. — 

 Habit and foliage of P. carnosa. 



53. IiATKRHIA, Linn. 

 Leafless low perennial fleshy white or purplish herbs, black when dry, with 



