The « Pedicularis » of the series « Foliosae » Maxim, in the Italian Flora. – The paper deals with the badly known distribution ofPedicularis foliosaL.,P. hoermannianaK. Maly andP. hacquetiiGraf (ser. Foliosae Maxim.) both in Europe and in Italy. The illyrianP. hoermannianaoccurs also in central Italy, being therefore a typical periadriatic entity. It completely substitutes the two others species in the Italian peninsula.