938 
Indian medicinal plan is. 
A tall erect much-branched herb, 1-3 ft. high. Stem 4-sided, 
grooved, glabrous or scaberulous, often spotted with purple. 
Leaves pinnatisect, I-I5 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 field 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 (Dymock.). 
898 . Pedicularis pectin ata , Wall, h.f.b.i., iv. 
306 . 
Vern : — Misliran (I’b.) 
Habitat : — Western Temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir 
to Kumaon. 
Usually tall, stout, glabrous, except the often hairy spike, 
eauline leaves whorlec], 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 6-18iu., simple or branched. Leaves 3-tiin., 
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 | in., ovoid acute, tip exserted. Seeds 
large, * in. long, ridged and deeply pitted, pale. 
Use : — In Kanawar the pounded leaves are given for hcetno- 
ptysis. The plant is also officinal at Lahore. (Stewart.) 
899 . P. s iplwnantha, Don. Prod, h.f.b.i., iv. 
313 . 
Habitat: — Alpine Himalaya, from Kashmir to Sikkim. 
Glabrate or sparsely pubescent or hirsute, stems many from 
