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Plate 48] PEDICULARIS 93
forming dense spikes. Corolla-tube protruding or not ;
lower
lip broadly inversely heart-shaped, with a small mid-lobe ;
upper lip erect, much inflated at the base, then bent down,
with a long flexuous beak. Filaments inserted opposite the
top of the ovary, at the base and above the middle densely
hairy, otherwise hairless. Ovary egg-shaped. Stigma included.
Capsule broadly egg-shaped, slightly protruding. Seeds eggshaped,
deeply netted.
Nearly related to P. pyramidata and P. pectinata, but can
be distinguished by the yellow corolla.
Floivers.
August, September.
Locality. Gulmarg, wooded hill-side, about 8,500 ft., rare ;
above Gagangir Sonamarg, ;
Sind Valley.
Distribution.
10,500 ft. ; Kunzalwan,
7,500 ft. ;
Kashmir to Garhwal, 7,000-11,000 ft.
5. Pedicularis Garckeana, Prain.
Garcke's Louse wort.
Stems 2-6 in, high, slender, erect, many-leafed. Leaves
stalked, linear, pinnatifid, 1|-2|- in. long, 5 in. broad ; segments
12-20 pairs, close together, egg-shaped, toothed. Flowers
variously rose-coloured or whitish-rose, axillary, long-stalked,
forming dense racemes. Calyx cylindrical-bell-shaped, hairy,
5-toothed ; segments elliptic. Corolla-tube slightly hairy
outside, more than by i longer than the calyx, lower lip 3-fid,
lateral lobes egg-shaped, the mid-lobe oblong, truncate ; upper
lobe inflated, turned inwards, erect in the basal part, antherbearing
part sickle-shaped, prolonged into a slender, bifid beak.
Stamens inserted midway between the top of the ovary and
the top of the tube. Filaments hairy. Ovary lance-shaped.
Stigma included. Capsule obliquely oblong, with a short cusp,
by i longer than the calyx.
Flowers. August.
Locality. Aporwat above Lian Marg, moist turf on hill-tops,
12,000 ft.
Distribution. Kashmir, Eastern Himalaya.
Pig. 6. Pedicularis Wallichii, Bunge. Wallich's Lousewort.
A low hairless plant, 1-4 in. high. Stems subsolitary or
many from the root. Eadical leaves few (1-4), long-stalked;
stem-leaves 1-3, linear-lance-shaped, pinnatifid, segments
12-25 pairs, egg-lance-shaped, toothed. Flowers red, few, 2-5