8. P . Groenlandica (Retz, Obs. 4. t. 1) ; erecta glabra, foliis pinnatisectis segmentis
lanceolato-linearibus subcartilagineo-serratis, spicis elongatis multifloris, calycibus tubu-
losis 5-dentatis dente supremo minore lateralibus altius connatis, corollae galea fornicata
calycem vix superante in rostrum subulatum surrectum calycem duplo superantem de-
sinente. Benth.—Stev. 1. c. p. 32. Ph. Am. 2. p. 426.
H a b . Plains of the Columbia and N.W. Coast. Lewis. Douglas. Labrador. Dr Morison. Alpine
marshes of the Rocky Mountains, and YorkFactory, Hudson’s Bay. Drummond.
9. P . contorta (Benth. mst.); erecta glabra, foliis pinnatisectis segmentis linearibus
inciso-serratis, spicis laxiusculis, calycibus campanulatis lacinia suprema parva lateralibus
utrinque basi latis connatis apice linearibus integris, corollas tubo calycem aequante, galeas
arcuatae rostra lineari in labium inferius latissimum decurvo, apice vix surrecto. Benth.
H a b . Mt. Rainier, N. of the Columbia River. Tolmie.—A very fine species ; the neck of the root very
thick and woody, and bearing copious stems and leaves, the former 10 inches to a foot high.
10. P . racemosa (Dougl. mst.); adscendens glabra, foliis petiolatis lanceolatis dupli-
cato-serratis, racemis elongatis laxis, calycibus hinc fissis brevissime bifidis membranaceis
obtusis, galeae arcuatae rostro subulato deflexo suberecto, labio latissimo. Benth.
H a b . Abundant on the summit of the high mountains of the Grand Rapids of the Columbia ; Douglas :
gathered also in his last journey. Mt. Rainier ; north of the Columbia. Tolmie.— A most distinct and re-
markable plant, frequently with lax axillary leafy racemes. Allied to P . teucriifolia, camosa, and resu-
pinata. {Benth.)
11. P. omithorhynchos (Benth. m st.); foliis ad basin caulis approximatis pinnatisectis,
segmentis profunde pinnatifidis laciniis inciso-dentatis, calycibus ovato-inflatis brevitei
quinquefidis, laciniis integris subdentatisque, corollae tubo calycem vix superante, labio
patente, galea falcato-rostrata rostro tenui recto. Benth.
H ab Mt. Rainier, N.W. America. Tolmie. 1 A P. rostrata cui affinis est differt foliis magis dissectis,
calycis forma et corolla! labio minore.”—A humble growing plant, its scapes, or almost naked stems, scarcely
more than 6 inches high, with' copious foliage at the base, more than half the length of the scape.
12. P . Lapponica (Linn.); caule erecto simplici, foliis lanceolatis pinnatifidis laciniis
lanceolatis incisis, calycibus ovatis brevissime dentatis subtus fissis, corollae galea uncinata,
spica capitata laxa.—Stev. 1. c. p. 35. P K Am. 2. p. 309. Rich; App. p. 24.
H ab. Labrador. Kohlmeister. D r Morison. Barren grounds between lat. 64° and the Arctic Sea. Dr
Richardson.— Corolla primulaceo-flava; labio inferiore latiusculo reclinato trilobo, lobo mtermedio minore
recurvo, lobis omnibus eroso-dentatis; galea in rostro brevi deciso deorsum spectante attenuata. Stigma ex-
sertum.
§ V. B ic u s p id ATiE. Stev.—Cor. lab. sup. basi edentulo, galea brevi apice bidentata.
13. P. Canadensis. Linn.—Ph. Am. 2. p. 425. Stev. 1. c. p. 41.—/3. spica elongata. P.
gladiata. Mich. Ph. Nutt
H ab. Canada. Mrs Percival. Cleghom. Goldie; and from Lake Huron, D r Todd, to the Grand
Rapid of the Saskatchewan, near Lake Winipeg. Douglas.
14. P . euphrasioides (Steph.)jcaule ramoso, foliis pinnatifidis infimis bipinnatifidis
laciniis oblongis dentatis, racemis terminalibus laxis, calyce óbtuso subtus fissö supra
brevissime tridentato, corollas galea convexa bidentata.— Gmel. Sib. 3. t. 43. Stev. 1. c. p.
42. Ph. Am. 2. p. 424.—P. Labradorica. L .— P. ramosa. Wormskioldin Herb, nostr.
H ab. Moist mossy places. North of the Saskatchewan to the Arctic Sea-shore. Dr Richardson. Woods
of Pinus Banksii in the Rocky Mountains. Drummond. Labrador. Kohlmeister. Dr Morison. Kotzebue’s
Sound. Beechey. Chamisso.— Dr Richardson thus describes the flower from living specimens:—
Ca/, pedunculatus glabriusculus bilabiatus, sinu superiori obtuso, sinu inferiori profundiori acuto labiis uni-
dentatis. Cor. flava, tubo calyce fere duplo longiqri; labio inferiori' 3-lobo, lobis rotundatis integerrimis ;
galea rostrata decisa bidentata ; pistlllo exserto.”
15. P . nasuta (Bieb.); foliis radicalibus longe petiolatis bipinnatifidis, laciniis angustis,
scapo erecta subunifolio, spica-capitata foliosa, calyce quinquefido pubescente, corolla?
galea arcnata brevissime rostrata bidentata. Stev. 1. c. p. 43. t. 15.
H ab. Sitcha. Bongard, who-observes that his specimens are the same stein’s Herbarium from Kamtschatka. with the original ones in Bieber-
16. P. Sudetica (Willd,); foliis pinnatifidis laciniis lanceolatis serratis, spica densa,
calyce quinquefido, corollas galea obtuse bidentata. Stev. 1. c. p. 44. t. 15. f 2. Rich.
App. p. 25. cum descript.
H ab. Bear Lake to the Arctic Sea-coast. Dr Richardson. Kotzebue’s Sound. Beechey. Chamisso__
Of this plant Mr Bentham remarks, that the flowers are rather shorter, and thé galea rather broader, especially
near the base, than in the Sudetian plant.
§ VI. Edentul®. Stev.—Cor. lab. sup. omnino edentulo galea brevi.
17. P . Langsdorffii (Fisch. mst.); foliis bipinnatifidis radicalibus copiosis caulinorum
rachi dilatata, spica densa lanata, calyce quinquefido corolla quadruplo breviore, galea
obtusa truncata (nonnunquam sub apice dentata). Stev. 1. c. p. 49. t 9 .f. 2. (1823.) Cham.
in Linncea, 2. p. 584.—P. arctica. Brown, in Parry's First Voy. App. p. CCLXX.__P.
purpurascens. Spreng. P. hirsuta. Rich. App. p. 25. {fide specim. in Herb, nostr.)—j3. elatio
n foliis paucioribus, spica elongata laxiore, galea majore (an spec, distincta?).__y.
spica maxima elongata, foliis bipinnatifidis,.segmentis angustis.— P. lanata. Hook, et Am.
in Beech. Bot. p. 128.—an Cham. ?
H ab. Behring’s Straits. Menzies. Langsdorff. Chamisso. (Herb, nostr.) Melville Island. Sir E . Parry.
Summits of the Rocky Mountains, abundant. Drummond.—Q>. Bear Lake River to the Arctic Sea. Dr
Richardson.—y. Kotzebue’s Sound. Beechey.— Chamisso in the Linncea (l. c;) considers the more common
woolly spiked state of the plant to be a distinct species CP. lanata): but it is that latter var. which Dr Fischer
himself marked in my Herbarium as his P . Langsdorffii; and Steven’s figure affords an accurate representation
of the more usual form of the plant. My var. A has a different appearance, and a longer, more incfiunrevlyed
c, uatn idn ab lpuinntneart ifuipdp mera nlniper; . whilst my var. y. has a short and narrow upper lip, and leaves which are
18. P . hirsuta (Linn.); lanata, caule folioso, foliis pinnatifidis, rachi in petiolum foliaceum
dilatata, spica foliosa, calyce quinquefido hirsuto, corollas calyce duplo longioris galea