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with yellow iii the throat, in terminal spikes ; bracts leaf -like. 
Calyx tubular, 4-lobed. Corolla 2-lipped, in. long ; tube 
cylindric, longer than the calyx ; upper lip erect, 2-lobed ; lower 
spreading, 3-lobed, lobes usually all notched. Stamens 4, in 
unequal pairs ; anthers hairy, cohering in pairs under the upper 
lip, lower pair long-spurred. Style long ; stigma small, capitate. 
Capsule oblong, flattened, as long as the calyx. 
Mahasu, Pagoo, Huttoo, on grassy slopes. — Temperate Himalaya, 7000- 
13,000 ft. — N. temperate regions (Britain, Eyebright). 
23. PEDICULARIS. From the Latin pediculus, a louse ; 
the application variously explained. — N. temperate regions. 
Erect herbs. Leaves alternate or whorled, pinnatifid or crenate. 
Flowers yellow or pink, in bracteate spikes or racemes. Calyx 
tubular. Corolla 2 -lipped ; tube nearly cylindric ; upper lip erect, 
laterally flattened, enclosing the stamens and style, abruptly bent 
and prolonged in a straight or curved, beak-like extremity ; lower 
spreading, 3-lobed. Stamens 4, in unequal pairs, anthers cohering 
in pairs. Style long, slender ; stigma capitate, often protruding 
from the tip of the beak. Capsule longer than the calyx ; seeds 
sometimes only few. 
The arrangement of the species in this genus has been adapted from Major 
D. Prain’s Monograph of the Indian Pedicularis in the Annals of the Royal 
Botanic Garden, Calcutta, vol. iii. 
Flowers yellow . . . . . . . . 1. P. megalantha. 
Flowers purple or pink. 
Leaves whorled, pinnatifid, 
Calyx -teeth regular, entire. Tip of corolla recurved 2. P. pectinata. 
Calyx irregularly toothed. Tip of corolla straight . 3. P. gracilis. 
Leaves alternate, oblong, crenate . . . . 4. P. carnosa . 
1. Pedicularis megalantha, Don ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 312. Pu- 
bescent, 1-2 ft. Leaves alternate, long-stalked, oblong-lanceolate, 
2-10x1-3 in., pinnatifid; segments oblong, crenate. Flowers 
bright yellow, racemed. Calyx hairy ; teeth 5, irregularly jagged. 
Corolla 2\ in. long ; tube twice as long as the calyx ; beak long, 
incurved, tip toothed. Stamens attached at the top of the tube, 
filaments of the longer pair hairy. Capsule 1 in., oblong, acute. 
Matiana, Huttoo, Baghi ; July-September. — Temperate, Himalaya, 7000- 
14,000 ft. 
2. Pedicularis pectinata, Wall. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 306. Nearly 
glabrous, \-2\ ft. Radical leaves persistent, long-stalked, lanceo- 
late, 3-5 x2-3 in., pinnatifid ; segments toothed, sometimes again 
pinnatifid. Stem-leaves whorled, stalked, lanceolate, 3x2 in., 
pinnatifid ; segments toothed. Flowers pink, spicate. Calyx-teeth 
5. entire, acute. Corolla f in. long ; tube as long as the calyx; 
