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Fascicled Anoplon. PI. 1 to 1 foot. 
4 A. BIFLORUM; stem very short, usually obsolete, mostly 2- 
flowered; peduncles scape-formed, naked ; scales smooth, con- 
cave ; lobes of corolla oblong-oval, with a pubescent, coloured 
margin. 24. H. Native in shady woods throughout the Atlan- 
tic States, Nutt. ; Carolina to Virginia, Pursh. Orobánche uni- 
flora, Lin. spec. 882. Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 2. 431. Orobanche 
biflora, Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 59. Phelipae‘a biflóra, Spreng. 
syst. 2. p. 818. Calyx and corolla as in the preceding ; but 
the lobes of the corolla are deeper, the whole yellowish white, 
the segments bordered with an azure blue line; plice in the 
throat yellow, as in the preceding. Stamens smooth. Anthers 
pubescent on the margins of the cells. Stigma bilamellate. 
Plant of a tan-colour. 
T'wo-flowered Anoplon. 
Pl. 1 foot. 
Cult. 
Plants not cultivatable. 
IV. BOSCHNIA'KIA (in memory of Boschniak, a 
Russian botanist.) Meyer, mss. ex Bongard, in mem. acad. imp. 
st. petersb. 2. p. 157. Orobanche species, Cham. et Schlecht. 
Lin. syst. Didyndmia, Angiospérmia. Calyx unequally 5- 
toothed, bractless. Corolla bilabiate; tube short; upper lip 
arched, stretched out, bifid: lower lip short, somewhat 3-lobed. 
Stamens exserted ; cells of anthers mutic at the base. Style 
tubular at top, sub-bilabiate, terminated by a stigmatose margin. 
Capsule 1-celled, dehiscing laterally, with a solitary, parietal 
placente to each valve.—4A plant with the habit Orobánche, 
from which genus it is principally distinguished by the capsule 
dehiscing laterally, by the style being tubular at top, and some- 
what bilabiate, terminated by a stigmatose margin, and by the 
placentas in both valves being solitary and very distant. 
1 B. cr4'snA (Meyer, mss. ex Bongard, 1. c.) 2t. H. Native 
of Siberia, at the Lena; Kamtschatka; Chamisso’s Island ; 
Island of Sitka, &c. Orobdnche Róssica, Cham. et Schlecht, in 
Linnea, 3. p. 132.— Gmel. sib. 3. p. 216. t. 46. f. 2. Tuber 
naked, usually with many scapes rising from it. Spikes dense. 
Floral scales, calyxes, and corollas ciliated. Plant reddish. 
Anthers glabrous. The scales of the scape are shorter, and 
less pergamaceous than those of Canópholis Americanus. 
Glabrous Boschniakia. Pl. $ to 1 foot. 
Cult. Plant uncultivatable. 
V. CANO'PHOLIS (from xavev, kanon, a rule; and 
gortc, pholis, a scale; the scales are imbricated in 4 rows.) 
Wallr. diask. p. 78. Orobanche species, Lin. 
Lin. syst. Didyndmia, Angiospérmia. Calyx ventricose, 
5-parted, unequal, bibracteate. Corolla incurved, bilabiate : 
upper lip entire: lower lip 2-parted, erect. Stamens exserted. 
Stigma capitate. Capsule 1-celled.—A parasitical plant, with 
the habit of Orobánche. Scapes simple. Corollas nearly 
white. 
1 C. Americanus (Wallr. 1. c.) ^t. H. Native from Caro- 
lina to Pennsylvania, often growing in vast clusters at the roots 
of trees, in moist shady forests. Orobanche Americana, Lin. 
syst. 573. mant. p. 88. Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 431. 
Plant of a brownish yellow colour, glabrous. Scapes simple. 
Scales oval-lanceolate, imbricate. Spike dense, imbricate, gla- 
brous; bracteas equal in length to the tube of the corolla. 
American Canopholis. Pl. 4 to $ foot. 
Cult. An uncultivatable plant. 
VI. EPIPHEGUS (from em, epi, upon; and onyoc, phegos, 
OROBANCHEJ. III. Anorton. IV. Boseuwraki4. V. Caxwornmorm. VI. Erirnecus. VII. LATHRÆA. 
beech; the plant is parasitical on the roots of beech.) Nutt. 
gen. amer. 2. p. 60. under Epifágus. Orobanche species of 
Lin. 
Lin. syst. Didynamia, Angiospérmia. Flowers polyga- 
mous. Calyx short, 5-toothed. Corolla of the infertile flower 
ringent, compressed, 4-cleft : lower lip flat; fertile flower 
minute, 4-toothed, deciduous. Capsule truncate, oblique, im- 
perfectly 2-valved, opening only on one side.—A rather fleshy, 
herbaceous plant, parasitical only on the roots of beech. Stem 
virgately branched; branches simple, every where distantly 
floriferous. Scales small, and remote, commencing from the 
extremity of the root; upper parts of the branches producing 
perfect flowers, but abortive fruit; lower imperfectly formed 
flowers fructiferous. Capsule coriaceous and small, the cha- 
racter of Melampyjrum, but truncated, and at length extending 
by moisture in the form of a cup. 
1 E. AwERIcA'Nvus (Nutt. l. c.) X. H. Native of every 
part of North America, equally indigenous. Orobanche Virgi- 
niàna, Lin. spec. 882.— Mor. hist. 3. p. 502. sect. 12. t. 16. f. 
9.? Root tuberous, fleshy, scaly. Upper lip of corolla emar- 
ginate: lower one 3-toothed, white, with dark, but bright 
purple stripes; plicæ in the throat wanting. Stamens partly 
exserted, smooth.  Anthers pubescent. 
American Beech Drops. | Pl. 1 to 14 foot. 
Cult. Plant not cultivatable. 
VII. LATHRJEA (from Xa6patoc, lathraios, clandestine, which 
is from apa, lathra, clam.) Lin. gen. no. 743. Schreb. gen. 
no. 1000, — Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 242. t. 52. Lam. ill. t. 551. f. 
1. Juss. gen. 102. ed. Usteri, p. 114. Clandestina, Tourn. 
inst. 952, Squammària, Scop. 
Lin. syst. Didynamia, Angiospérmia. .Calyx campanulate, 
4-cleft. Corolla tubular, bilabiate : upper lip concave, galeate : 
lower one trifid, reflexed. Stamens 4, didynamous, hidden by 
the upper lip. Anthers connected. Ovarium glandular at the 
base. Stigma 2-lobed. Capsule covered by the calyx, acu- 
minated, 1-celled, elastically 2-valved ; placentas parietal, 2 to 
each valve. Seeds few, globose.—Succulent, leafless, scaly 
herbs, parasitical on the roots of trees. Flowers solitary, or 
spicate, and unilateral. 
1 L. cLANDESTTNA (Lin. spec. 843.) stem branched almost 
under the earth; flowers erect, solitary. 2t. H. Native of 
Europe, in shady places, parasitical on the roots of trees, as of 
France, Pyrenees, and Italy. D. C. f. fr. 3. p. 491. Lam. ill. 
551. f. 1. Clandestina rectiflóra, Lam. Clandestina flore sub- 
ceruleo, Tourn. inst. 952. Orobanche montana, Rudb. elys. 2. 
p.233. f. 14. Dentària aphyllos, Ray, hist. 1250.— Mor. hist. 
3. p. 503. sect. 12. t. 16. f. 15. The stem bears a corymb 
under ground, so tbat solitary flowers only appear above ground 
on each branch. Flowers large, blue. ‘This is probably a very 
distinct genus from the following. 
Clandestine Toothwort. PI. parasitical. 
2 L. savamma‘ria (Lin. spec. 844.) stem quite simple; flow- 
ers spicate, unilateral, disposed in 2 rows; corollas pendulous. 
X.H. Native of most parts of Europe, in woods, parasitical 
on the roots of trees, as elms, hazels, beech, generally almost 
covered by the fallen leaves; plentiful in some parts of Britain; 
it has also been discovered on the Himalaya by Royle. Gaertn. 
fruct. 1. p. 242. t. 52. Smith, engl. bot. t. 50. Fl. dan. 136. 
Clandestina penduliflóra, Lam.— Blackw. t. 430. Squammària 
Orobánche, Scop. carn. no. 760.—Riv. mon. irr. t. 89. f. 2. 
Amblàtum, Dod. pempt. 553. f. 1. Root articulated, branched, 
and surrounded by white scales. Stem naked, except perhaps 
furnished with one or two oval scales. Bracteas or floral scales 
