Orobanche.] CIV. OROBANCHACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) 325 
2. O. cernua, Loeffl.; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 514; puberulous or 
glabrate, spikes dense, flowers blue, bracts lanceolate shorter than the 
corolla nerves strong parallel, calyx half as long as the corolla, segments 
2-fid to the middle, lobes lanceolate, corolla } in. glabrous curved lobes 
crenate not ciliate, filaments glabrous, anthers nearly so. Reuter in DC. 
Prodr. xi. 32; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 1808. O. indica, Wall. Cat. 3966, 
not of Roxb.; Benth. Scroph. Ind. 55, partly. 
WESTERN HIMALAYA; from Nepal to Kashmir and WzsTERN TIBET, alt. 
10-12,000 ft. OUDH and Patna to the Punjab ; the Deccan from the Concan south- 
wards.—DisTRIB. Westwards to N. Africa and Spain ; extra-tropical Australia. 
Stem stout, 6-12 in., pale brown or blueish. Scales ovate, upper acute or acumi- 
nate. Spikes often half as long as the stem or longer. Sepals with long points. 
Corolla 33 in. long, sometimes puberulous above; 2 upper lobes broad, 3 lower ovate 
acuminate. Anther-cells acuminate. Style glabrous, stigmatic lobes short thick.— 
The anthers are sometimes a little hairy. 
3. O. Hansii, Kerner Nov. Pl. Sp. ii. 15; pubescent, spikes dense, 
flowers blue, bracts ovate shorter than the corolla, nerves strong parallel, 
calyx half as long as the corolla, segments 2-fid to the middle, lobes lanceo- 
late, corolla 1 in., nearly straight and glabrous, lobes crenate not ciliate, 
filaments glabrous, anthers hairy. ? O. foetida, Klotzsch in Reise Pr. 
Walden. 111, not of Desfontaines. 
WESTERN TIBET; Karakoram, alt. 8-12,000 ft., Clarke. LAnUL, Jaeschke. 
This looks like a stout large-flowered var. of O. cernua, with deeper blue flowers 
broader bracts, and more bairy anthers. 
4. O. borealis, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Hist. Mosc. 1842, 420; 
furfuraceously pubescent, stem stout simple, scales few, spikes rather short 
dense-fld., bracts ovate-lanceolate equalling or exceeding the flower, calyx 
half as long as the corolla-tube or less with 4 subulate long and a median 
very small tooth, corolla pubescent tube broad curved lobes crenate blue, 
filaments and anthers glabrous. Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. 321; Reuter in DC. 
Prodr. xi. 32. 
WESTERN HIMALAYA, from Murree to Kishtwar, alt. 7-8000 ft., Thomson, 
Fleming, &c. WESTERN TIBET; Karakoram, alt. 13,000 ft., Clarke.— DISTRIB. 
Central Asia. . 21 
Stem 6-10 in., rarely more, as thick as a goose-quill. Scales 1-3 in., oblong- 
or ovate-lanceolate. Spike 2-4 in. Corolla } in.—This is certainly the plant 
of Turezaninov and Ledebour, which Boissier refers to PAelipea lanuginosa, C. A. 
Meyer. 
5. O. Solmsii, Clarke mss.; very robust, pubescent, bracts usually 
longer than the flowers lanceolate, calyx half as long as the corolla, seg- 
ments bifid to the middle, lobes lanceolate, corolla $—i in. long yellow 
puberulous, filaments and anthers glabrous. ? O. Galii, Klotzsch in Reise 
Pr. Wald. Bot. 111, not of Dalz. 
Western HIMALAYA; Kumaon at Tola, alt. 11,500 ft., Strach. d Winterb.; 
Kashmir and Kishtwar, alt. 8-11,000 ft., Falconer, Ke. . . . 
Stem 12-18 in., often as thick as the thumb. Scales 4-1 in., lanceolate. Spike 
6—10 in., dense-fld.; bracts very variable, narrow. Corolla curved, lobes crenulate.-— 
Differs in the yellow flowers from O. borealis. 
*** Calyx divided to the base anteriorly and posteriorly, the segments 
undivided, 
6. O. epithymum, DC.; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 509; glandular- 
