632 
mont. Calyx 4-5-cleft: lobes elongated, unequal, acuminated. 
Anthers with glabrous superfices, and villous dehiscing cells. 
Capsule crowned by the base of the deciduous style. 
1 P. nanucinésa (C. A. Meyer, in Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 
377. fl. alt. 2. p. 460.) clothed with white wool; floral scales 
ovate-lanceolate, longer than the calyxes; lobes of calyx lanceo- 
late, nearly equal; throat of corolla inflated a little; superior 
lip rather the longest: lobes of lower lip nearly equal, elliptic, 
obtuse, a little denticulated ; filaments and anthers glabrous; 
style glandular; stigma 2-lobed. Y.H. Native of Altaia, in 
grassy places at the rivers Talitza and Katunga, and near Bar- 
naoul; and of Caucasus. Orobánche cz'sia, Rchb. icon. t. 698. 
Scape yellowish. Corolla bluish. This is said to be interme- 
diate between P. comdsa and P. cerilea, but differs from both 
in being clothed with white wool, &c. 
Woolly Phelipea. Pl. X to $ foot. 
2 P.ramosa (Meyer, verz. pflanz. p. 104.) root a solid bulb ; 
scape naked, or furnished with a very few scales, hairy, swelling 
at the root, branched; spikes acute, terminal; bracteas hardly 
as long as the calyxes ; calyx suburceolate, 4-5-cleft, unequal, 
acuminated ; corola tubularly funnel-shaped, swollen at the 
base, and yellow: upper part and lips blue, hairy outside: 
upper lip roundish, bifid: lower lip trifid; segments rounded, 
obtuse: the middle segment largest, with 2 yellow prominences 
at the mouth ; stamens inclesed, downy at the base; stigma 
emarginate, white. Y%. H. Native of Europe; as of the 
South of France, Germany, and Britain ; also of Caucasus, Bar- 
bary, and the Grecian Islands ; in many parts of Britain, from 
the roots of hemp, in moist, rich fields, particularly in Norfolk 
and Suffolk, on Galeópsis Tetrahit. Orobanche ramosa, Lin. 
spec. 882. Smith, engl. bot. 184. Sutton, in Lin. trans. 4. p. 
185. Lam. ill 551. f. 2. Rchb. icon. t. 696. Orobanche 
cannabis, Vaucher. mon. t. 16.— Mor. hist. sect. 12. t. 16. f. 7. 
Root furnished with one or two ovate-lanceolate, sessile scales. 
Stem and branches brown, or dirty yellow, or yellow tinged with 
purple. Filaments and style bluish; anthers yellow. Stigma 
blunt. [tis distinguished from P. cærùlea by its sharp spikes, 
the few scales on the stem and branches; the calyxes and brac- 
teas being shorter by half than the corolla, the tube of which 
becomes globular at bottom after florescence. The stem is 
sometimes, though seldom, unbranched. 
Var. 3, violàcea ; this differs from the European plant in the 
corollas being wholly blue. )/. H. Native of Barbary and 
the Levant. O. ramósa, Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 60. Smith, fl. 
grec. t. 608. ^ Orobánche ramósa, floribus purpurascentibus, 
Bauh. pin. p. 88. Tourn. inst. p. 136. 
Branched Phelipsea. Fl. Aug. Sept. Britain. Pl. to 1 foot. 
3 P. cxnv LEA (Meyer, verz. pflanz. p. 104.) root fibrous; scape 
simple, hairy; scales ovate- 
lanceolate, hairy; spikes loose, 
bluntish ; bracteas linear-lance- 
olate, scarcely equal in length to 
the calyx; calyx 4-cleft, with the 
rudiment of a fifth, lanceolate, 
acuminated, exceeding the cap- 
sule; corolla hairy; tube cy- 
lindrical below, incurved in the 
middle: segments of the lower 
lip equal ; filaments naked ; 
stigma 2-lobed, yellowish. 2%. 
H. Native of Europe, on the 
borders of fields; as of Swit- 
zerland. Austria, Germany, 
South of France; also of Cau- 
casus; in Britain, but rare, in 
FIG. 62. 
OROBANCHEJ. II. PuxrrzA. 
grassy pastures near the sea; on the borders of fields in 
Hampshire ; near Northreps, Norfolk. Orobanche czrilea, 
Vill. dauph. 2. p. 406. Sutton, in Lin. trans. 4. p. 182. Smith, 
engl. bot. t. 423. Rchb. icon. t. 692. Orobanche purpurea, 
Jacq. austr. t. 276. O. Levis, Lin. spec. 882. Orobanche 
purpurascens, Gmel. syst. p. 954. t. 14. Orobánche ramósa, f, 
With. arr. ed. 3d. p. 558. Orobanche Artimísez vulgaris, 
Vauch. mon. t. 14. P. cérnua, Pall. ind. taur.— Buxb. cent. 3. 
p- 2. t. 1. f. 2.— Gmel. sib. 3. p. 215. t. 46. f. 1. Scape sim- 
ple, of a yellowish olive colour. Flowers bluish-violet. Stigma 
capitate. 
Blue-flowered Phelipza. 
foot. 
4 P. I'NpticA ; plant branched, hairy ; scape with a scale at 
each ramification only ; calyx subunilateral, 5-cleft ; spikes 
dense, clavate; corolla tubular: upper lip 2-lobed: lower lip 
3-lobed ; anthers woolly, 2-lobed: cells spurred; filaments 
smooth; stigma 2-lobed. 23. S. Native of Hindostan, Oude, 
Nipaul, at the roots of Tobacco. Orobanche I'ndica, Roxb. fl. 
ind. 3. p. 27. This species is said to be nearly allied to P. cér- 
nua and P. ramósa ; but differs from both, in the tlowers being 
twice the size, but also blue. Root fibrous. 
Indian Phelipea. Pl. 1 to 1 foot. 
5 P. cowüsA; scape nearly simple: scales hairy; calyx 4- 
lobed: lobes linear; corolla funnel-shaped, tubular, wide, 5- 
cleft: lobes roundish: lower one smaller: anthers at length 
pilose; stigma 2-lobed, rufescent. Y%. H. Native of the 
southern provinces of France, parasitical on the roots of many 
kinds of plants. Orobánche comósa, Wallr. sched. crit. 1. p. 
314. Orobánche vagabünda, Vauch. mon. t. 15. Scape bluish, 
Corollas blue. 
Comose Phelipæa. Pl. 4 to $ foot. 
6 P. toneirLéra; pubescent; floral scales ovate, obtuse; 
calyx 4-5-parted ; spikes loose; corolla 3 times as long as the 
calyx : lower lip elongated ; stamens downy. 2%. H. Native 
of Siberia, at the Volga. Orobanche longiflóra, Trev. in repert. 
soc. nat. berol. 1813. 2. p. 150. t. 2. f. 10, 11. Said by Bieb. 
to he a variety of P. ccrülea. 
Long-flowered Phelipæa. Pl. 1 to 11 foot. ? 
7 P. Lupovicta‘wa ; clothed with powdery pubescence ; scape 
low and simple ; flowers and ovate scales subimbricated ; calyx 
unequally and deeply 5-cleft; corolla recurved, 5-cleft; sta- 
mens inclosed, smooth. X4. H. Native of North America, in 
sandy alluvial soil, around Fort Mandan abundant, but not ap- 
parently parasitical, Flowers very numerous and crowded, 
much longer than the bracteas. Segments of calyx long, linear, 
and acute. Upper lip of corolla bifid: lower one trifid and 
plaited, purple. Anthers whitish : lobes acute at the base. 
Louisiana Phelipæa. Pl. 3 to 4 inches. 
8 P. Cauirérnica ; clothed with viscid down; scape simple ; 
flowers corymbose ; scales broad-lanceolate, acute, short, nume- 
rous at the base; corolla straight, tubular: upper lip flat, 2- 
lobed at apex : lower one trifid : segments distant, linear, acute; 
anthers sagittate, with a villous chink; stigma orbicular, pel- 
tate. )/. H. Native of California, at Port St. Francisco. 
Orobánche Califórnica, Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnæa, 3. p. 134. 
Flowers pedicellate. Calyx bibracteate, campanulate, deeply 
5-toothed ; segments linear-narrow, dilated at the base. 
Californian Phelipæa. PI. 1 foot. 3 
9 P.compa’cra; scape simple, imbricated with scales, flori- 
ferous from the base; spike ovate, many-flowered ; bracteas 
ovate; upper lip of corolla bifid: segments ovate, acute. M. 
H. Native on the shores of the Great Syrtus. Orobanche 
compacta, Viv. fl. libyc. p. 34. t. 15. f. 2. Scape thickened 
at the base. Floral scales one half the length of the flowers. 
Calyx 4-leaved ; segments ovate, obtuse, sometimes truncate, 3 
Fl. July. Britain. Pl. à to $ 
