320 CIV. OROBANCHACEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Zginetia. 
* Corolla-lobes all broad, subequal, spreading. 
Calyx spathaceous. Anther-cells unequal . . . . + . . L JEGINETIA. 
Calyx tubular. Anther-cells unequal . . . . . . . . + 2. CHRISTISONIA. 
Calyx campanulate. Anther-cellsequal . . . . . . . . 3, CISTANCHE. 
** Corolla 2-lipped. 
Upper lip 2-lobed, lower 3.lobed e. o. s n s. > 4. OROBANCHE. 
Upper lip erect hooded subentire, lower very short . . . . . 5. BOSOHNIACKIA. 
1. HZGINETIA, Linn. 
Leafless herbs with branched or simple naked or scaly scapes or stems. 
Flowers few, large, solitary, or corymbose, ebracteolate. Calyx spatha- 
ceous, split in front nearly to the base. Corolla-tube broad, incurved ; limb 
spreading, obscurely 2-lipped; lobes 5, broad, 2 upper connate. Stamens 
included ; anthers with one cell perfect adnate to the filament not spurred 
at the base, the other cell absent in the upper anthers, empty clavate and 
deflexed in the lower. Ovary 1-celled; placentas large, 2-lobed or multifid, 
filling the cavity, ovuliferous all over; style slender, stigma large peltate. 
Capsule sub-2-valved. Seeds crowded, minute, pitted.— Species 4—5, tropical 
siatic. 
1. Æ. indica, Roxb. Cor. Pl. i. 63, t. 91, and FI. Ind. iii. 930; scape 
very slender naked, corolla purple, placentas multifid. Reuter in DC. Prodr. 
xi. 43; Wall. Cat. 3964; Benth. Seroph. Ind. 55; Wight Ill. t. 158 b, f. 5, 
and Te. t. 895; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 202; Griff. Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 428. 
Orobanche ZEginetia, Linn. Sp. Pl. 883. 
Throughout Inpra, from the Western Himalaya in Kumaon, ascending to 3500 ft., 
to Nepal, Assam and the Khasia Mts.; and southwards to Tenasserim, Travancore 
and CEYLON.—DisTRIB. Burma, China, Japan, Philippine Islands. . 
Root of fleshy interlaced fibres. Scapes solitary or several, 6-16 in. high, with à 
few scales near the base. Flowers solitary. Calyx } to nearly 2 in. long, acute. 
Corolla 1-2 in., limb 1 in. diam. or less, margins fimbriate. Anthers of lower stamens 
with a thick gibbous obtuse spur behind. Capsule as large as a filbert. Seeds 
yellowish-white, testa hyaline lax. 
2. Æ. pedunculata, Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 13, t. 219; scape short 
stout very fleshy many-fld., flowers on long peduncles bracteate at the base, 
corolla-tube yellow mouth blue, placentas 2 each of 2 plates. Reuter ™ 
DC. Prodr. xi.43; Wight Ill. t. 158 b, f. 6, and Te. t. 1421. Æ. abbreviata 
Ham. in Wall. Cat. 3965; Benth. Seroph. Ind. 95; Reuter l.c. ZB. acaulis, 
Walp. Rep. 481; Reuter l.e. Orobanche pedunculata, Roxb. Hort. Bent. 
45, and Fl. Ind. ii. 29. O. acaulis, Roxb. Cor. Pl. iii. 89, t. 292, and Fl 
Ind. iii. 29, í 
Throughout INDIA, on the roots of grasses, from Murree, E//iott, Sikkim, Clarke, 
and Assam, to Travancore and Singapore.—DISTRIB. Cochin China, Java. ; 
W hole plant 3-6 in. high, red or yellow. Stem very short, as thick as à swan $ 
quill, buried in the soil, giving off numerous alternate’ pedicelled flowers that rise 
above the surface of the ground, rarely slender and 1-fld. Peduneles 1-4 in., slender 
to stout, bracteate at the base; bract 4—} in., ovate obtuse. Calyx 14-23 in. long; 
fleshy, red then yellow white, loaded with mucilage, tip obtuse, acute or shortly 
beaked. Corolla-tube as long as the calyx, yellowish, limb bright violet, lobes 
crenate and erose. Anthers of lower stamens with a large dorsal fleshy decurve horn. 
Stigma broadly cordiform, peltate. Capsule ovoid. Seeds brown.— Wight’s figures 
represent the placentas as more divided than other analyses show. 
