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96 BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS OF KASHMIR [Plate M
long. Calyx i-f in. long, globose, hairy between the ribs,
5-toothed. Corolla yellow, or upper lip white and lower yellow,
tube i-l in. long, hairy outside, by 4 or twice as long as the
calyx. Lower lip 1-1^ in. broad, 3-lobed, lateral lobes rounded,
twice as large as the oblong mid-lobe ; upper lip often S-shaped
or spirally curved, produced into a slender, curved, deeply
bifid beak about i-i in. long. Stamens inserted at the top of
the tube. Filaments hairless. Ovary lance-shaped. Stigma
protruding. Capsule i-li in. long, egg-lance-shaped, finely
long-pointed. Seeds deeply netted.
Nearly related to Pedicidaris elephantoides, but can be
distinguished by the deeply bifid beak. In P. elephantoides
it is entire.
Flowers. June, July.
Locality. Aporwat above Gulmarg, open, grassy, damp
hill-side, about 10,000 ft., common
;
below Basam Gali in
damp ground, above 10,000 ft. ;
Tosh Maidan, common in
certain places, 11,000-12,000 ft.; Damam Sar, 13,100 ft., not
very common.
Distribution. W. Himalaya, from Kashmir to Garhwal,
9,000-17,000 ft., Kurram Valley, Afghanistan.
Pig. 4. Pedicularis elephantoides, Benth.
Elephant Lousewort.
(Called so on account of the long beak of the upper lip.)
Stem erect, hairy, stout. Leaves stalked, oblong, pinnatifid,
lower stem-leaves soon withering ; segments 6-12 pairs,
oblong, blunt at tip, toothed. Flowers yellow, or the lower
lip yellow and the upper purple, axillary, stalked, stalk i-J in.
long racemes dense or interrupted below. Calyx f -f in. long,
;
globose, densely netted between the ribs, 5-toothed, segments
broadly lance-shaped, twice toothed, the uppermost half the
length of the others. Corolla-tube f-1 in. long; lower lip
3-lobed, li in. broad, lateral lobes rounded, twice as large as
the oblong mid-lobe ; upper lip rolled inwards, basal part g in.
long, erect, anther-bearing part 1 by ^ in. sickle-shaped, prolonged
into an entire beak f in. long. Stamens inserted at the
top of the tube. Filaments hairless. Ovary lance-shaped.
Capsule egg-lance-shaped, long-pointed.
Flowers. August.
Locality. Hills above Gulmarg, damp ground in woods and
amongst scrub, above 10,000 ft., common.
Distribution. Apparently endemic in Kashmir.