938 Indian Medicinal plants. 



A tall erect much-branched herb, 1-3 ft. high. Stem 4-sided, 

 grooved, glabrous or scaberulous, often spotted with purple. 

 Leaves pinnatisect, 1-1| in. long, the uppermost (bracts) simple, 

 segments filiform. Flowers subsessile, axillary, solitary or in 

 few-flowered terminal racemes ; bracteoles ^ in. long, filiform, 

 pedicels slender. Calyx f in. long, tube strongly ribbed ; teeth 

 linear-subulate, erect. Corolla rose-coloured, 1-1|- in. long, limb 

 -f in. across ; lobes broad, spreading. Filaments hairy. Cap- 

 sule as long as the calyx, oblong-ellipsoid. (Duthie). 



Use : -The juice of the plant is applied by held labourers in 

 the Deccan to their feet to heal sores caused by exposure to 

 moisture. It is astringent and stains the skin at first yellow 

 and afterwards a black color (Dvmock.). 



898. Pedicularis pectinata, Wall, h.f.b.i., iv. 

 306. 



Vevn : — Mishran (Pb.). 



Habitat : — Western Temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir 

 to Kumaon. 



Usually tall, stout, glabrous, except the often hairy spike, 

 cauline leaves whorled, lanceolate, pinnatifid, or pinnatisect, 

 with serrate segments or 2-pinnatifid, calyx-teeth acute entire, 

 corolla-tube short, upper lip inflated, sickle-shaped, beak long, 

 tip twisted. Stem 6-18in., simple or branched. Leaves 3-6in., 

 sometimes 4 in. broad, ovate or oblong ; petiole long, slender. 

 Spikes 2-6 in., lax-fid. ; bracts as long as the calyx, ovate or 

 lanceolate. Calyx \ in. long, inflated in fruit. Corolla -f in., 

 rosered, beak with a double flexure, as long as the tube. Fila- 

 ments hairy. Capsule i in., ovoid acute, tip exserted. Seeds 

 large, * in. long, ridged and deeply pitted, pale. 



Use : — In Kanawar the pounded leaves are given for haemo- 

 ptysis. The plant is also officinal at Lahore. (Stewart.) 



899. P. siphonantha, Don. Prod, h.f.b.i., iv. 

 313. 



Habitat : — Alpine Himalaya, from Kashmir to Sikkim. 

 Glabrate or sparsely pubescent or hirsute, stems many from 



