OROBANCHEZ. 
equal; scales lanceolate ; flowers spreading, scattered, glandu- 
larly viscid, remote ; calycine segments lanceolate, rarely bifid ; 
superior lip of corolla rounded, crenulated : lower one 3-lobed : 
lobes bluntly crenated ; stigma 2-lobed, reddish. Y.H. Na- 
tive of France, on arid mountains, on the roots of Thymus 
serpyllum. O. Thymi-serpylli, Vauch. mon. t. 6. Plant red- 
dish. 
Var. B, epithymodes (Duby. bot. gall. 1. p. 349.) scape rather 
inflated ; corolla veiny ; upper lip 2-lobed; lobes superincum- 
bent. %. H. Native of Provence, near Brignollis, growing 
on the roots of TÀ)mus vulgaris. O. Thymi-vulgàris, Vauch. 
mon. p. 53. 
Thyme Broom-Rape. Pl. 1 foot. 
6 O. cat (Dub. bot. gall. 1. p. 349.) scape moderately 
thickened at the base, scaly; scales lanceolate, blackish ; caly- 
cine segments lanceolate, or irregularly bifid; corolla inflated ; 
upper lip arched, sub-emarginate: lower lip 3-lobed: lobes 
roundish; filaments inflexed ; anthers blackish ; stigma 2-lobed, 
dark red. 2/4. H. Native of France, in gravelly places, on the 
roots of Gàlium Molligo. O. Gàlii Molliginis, Vauch. l. c. t. 
7. Scapes reddish. Flowers purplish. 
Galium Broom-Rape. PI. 1 foot. i 
7 O. ue'per# (Vauch. mon. p. 56. t. 8.) scape thickened into 
a sparingly scaly bulb ; scales lanceolate, fewer ; bracteas atte- 
nuated at the apex, reflexed; upper lip of corolla entire : lower 
lip 3-lobed: lobes rounded ; calycine segments nearly entire ; 
lower stamens approximate: superior ones divaricate ; stigma 
emarginate, yellowish. %. H. Native of Vascony, parasitical 
on ivy. 
Ivy Broom-Rape. Pl. 1 foot. 
8 O. cra‘cizis (Smith, in Lin. trans. 4. p. 172.) pubescent ; 
scape simple; floral scales shorter than the flowers; corolla 
inflated : lower lip very short, with the segments obcordate, 
unequal, fringed and curled ; stamens and style beset with 
spreading hairs. 2/. H. Native near Genoa, in hilly pastures 
at St. Orsese. Corolla size of that of O. màjor; but the upper 
lip is of a dark or purplish colour, and less fringed and curled. 
Ovarium smooth. Stamens rather exserted. It differs from 
O. minor in the larger inflated corolla, short lower lip, longer 
stamens, and hairy style. 
Slender Broom-Rape. PI. 1 to 13 foot. . : 
9 O. cv' ris (Duby, bot. gall. 349.) scape thickened be- 
yond the base; scales ovate-oblong, remote, clothed with 
scurfy hairs; calycine segments divided into linear segments; 
corolla ventricose, glandular outside; upper lip short, nearly 
entire: lower one 3-lobed; stigma deeply divided. 2. H. 
Native of Provence, near Mees, in stony places; Eastern Py- 
renees, Tolosa, and Vascony. O. fo'tida, Duby, bot. gall. p. 
349. D.C. fl. fr. 5. p. 392. O. variegàta, Wallr. diask. p. 
40. O. cytisi scopàrii, Vauch. mon. p. 37. This is the largest 
ofthe species. Flowers fulvous. 
Cytisus Broom-Rape. | Pl. 1} to 2 feet. 
* * Corolla cylindrical, not campanulate, more or less incurved. 
10 O. Auuo'rnizA (C. A. Meyer. in Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 
889. fl. alt. 2. p. 454.) clothed with white wool; floral scales 
ovate-lanceolate, equalling the flowers in length; sepals bifid : 
lobes lanceolate, nearly equal, shorter than the tube of the co- 
rolla, which is incurved and cylindrical; lips of corolla nearly 
equal; lobes of lower lip obtuse, denticulated, nearly equal; 
filaments and style hairy ; stigma sub-bipartite, with very 
spreading segments. %. H. Native of Altaia, in sandy places, 
at the rivers Irtysch and Bekun, and at the mines of Loktewsk. 
Sepals free. This is said to differ from O. cærùlea, in the 
sepals being less deeply cleft; in the shorter tube of corolla, 
I. OROBANCHE. 
and in being deeper blue; and in the filaments and style being 
always hairy. 
Sand-loving Broom-Rape. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
11 O.cniwrTA (Viv. fl. cors. p. 11.) scape furnished with 
linear, elongated scales at the base; floral scales linear, acumi- 
nated, hairy outside, exceeding the flowers ; corolla 4-cleft, in- 
curved, subcylindrical; lobes rounded, crenately ciliated ; fila- 
ments and capsule quite glabrous; stigma 2-lobed, recurved. 
^1. H. Native of Corsica, near Bonifacio. .Flowers fulvous. ? 
Spike elongated, compact, comose by bracteas at top. 
Long-haired Broom-Rape. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
12 O. sparsirLora (Wallr. sched. crit. 1. p. $10.) pubescent ; 
flowers remote, spicate; floral scales equal in length to the 
flowers; corolla hairy; upper lip subemarginate; lobes of 
the lower lip obovate: middle one the largest: stamens cili- 
ated. 2t. H. Native of Middle Germany. 
Scattered-flowered Broom-Rape. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
13 O. cxnuLEscENs (Steph. in. Willd. spec. 3. p. 349.) 
plant pubescent; scape simple; lower scales adpressed : upper 
ones spreading, and clothed with white villi: floral ones ovate, 
long-acuminated, length of flowers; spike dense, elongated ; 
calyx bifid, with bipartite, subulate, unequal segments, nearly 
the length of the tube of the corolla; genitals glabrous ; upper 
lip of corolla emarginate. %. H. Native of Siberia, towards 
the Caspian sea; and of Caucasus, about the river Terck. 
Bieb. cauc. 2. p. 82. Spike 3 inches long. Corollas bluish. 
Floral scales and calyxes white from hairs. 
Bluish-flowered Broom-Rape. Pl. 3 to 1 foot. 
14 O. Mepica’eints (Duby, bot. gall. p. 349.) scape hardly 
inflated at the base ; lower scales numerous, lanceolate, black- 
ish: floral ones short, and fewer; calycine segments 2-lobed ; 
corolla elongated, with a constricted throat ; lower lip 3-lobed ; 
galea subemarginate ; stigma bifid, reflexed, yellowish-red. X. 
H. Native of France, growing from the roots of Medicago 
sativa. O. Medicáginis sativae, Vaucher, mon. t. 2. Plant 
yellowish. 
Lucern Broom-Rape. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
15 M. mrnor (Sutt. in Lin. trans. 4. p. 179. t. 17. f. 1, 
2, 8.) hairy; scape thickened at the base, moderately scaly ; 
floral scales lanceolate, pilose; calycine segments sometimes 
simple and sometimes bifid; corolla arcuately cylindrical ; 
upper lip rounded and crenulated : lower one trifid, with equal, 
rounded, crenulated lobes; stamens inserted beyond the base of 
the corolla, beset with glandular hairs below ; stigma retuse, ex 
Sutton; 2-lobed, purplish, with transverse chinks, ex Duby ; 
anthers blackish; style smooth at top. 4. H. Native of Eu- 
rope, in fields and pastures, growing from the roots of Trifòlium 
praténse; plentiful in some parts of Britain, as in Norfolk, 
Smith, engl. bot. 422. O. major, Loefl. hisp. no. 35. O. 
major, 3, Haller, helv. ed. 1. p. 610. ed. 2d. no. 209. O. bar- 
bata, Lam. dict. 4. p. 621. 0O. flóre minore, Ray. syn. 288. 
O. ramósa, 8, Huds. engl. ed. 2. p. 266. O. trifolii-praténsis, 
Vauch. mon. t. 5. Plant flesh-coloured. Flowers whitish-yel- 
low, with purple veins, varying to full yellow, finally becoming 
of a rust-colour or purplish. 
Smaller Broom-Rape. Fl. July, Aug. Britain. Pl. $ to 1 foot. 
16 O. zxa‘tior (Sutt. in Lin. trans. 4. p. 178. t. 17. f. 4.) 
clothed with clammy hairs; scape nearly equal; scales lanceo- 
late; flowers remote; calycine segments bifid, with linear 
lobes; corolla tubular, cylindrical, recurved, veiny ; limb pli- 
cate or fringed; upper lip emarginate: lower one 3-lobed ; sta- 
mens beset with hairs below ; stigma bifid, obcordate, brownish- 
yellow ; style smooth above. )/. H. Native of Europe, in 
woods and fields, growing from the roots of Centauréa scabiósa ; 
in England, in clover-fields, thickets, and bushy, hilly places, on 
a gravelly soil. Smith, engl. bot. 568. Fl. dan. 1334. O. 
