Tas. 7106. 
: LATHRAA Cranpgsrina. 
Native of Hurope. 
Nat. Ord. ScroeHULARINEZ.—Tribe EvpHrasIea. 
Genus Larurama, Linn. ; (Benth. et Hook.f. Gen, Pl. vol. ii. p. 985.) ’ 
Laturma Clandestina; densisissime cespitosa, caulibus brevibus crassis 
, robustis ramosis squamosis, squamis reniformibus intus lacunosis, 
floribus racemosis longiuscule pedicellatis strictis erectis, bracteis squamis 
caulis conformibus, corolle tubo calyce duplo longiore, labio *superiore 
producto obtuse 3-dentato, inferiore 3-lob6, ovarii placentis 2 pauci- 
ovulatis, capsula oligosperma, seminibus majusculis angulatis testa 
crassa levi. aa : 
L. Clandestina, Linn. Sp. Pl. 843; Bertolon. F1. Ital. vol. vi. p. 309; Tiak 
Encycl. t. 551. ‘ 
Clandestina rectiflora, Lamk. Ill. Gen. t. 551, £.1; Mutel Fl. Franc. vol. ji. 
p. 353; Reuter in DC. Prody. vol. xi. p, 40; Reichb: Fl. Germ. t. 1765; 
Duchart, in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 2, vol. xx. p. 145. 
Dentaria aphyllos, Ray Hist. Plant. p, 1230. 
ang bP Morison, Plant. Hist, Univ. Qzon. vol. iii. p. 5038, sect. eo 
t. 16, f. 16. 
. The remarkable plant here’ figured, though usually — 
_veferred to the>same genus as our English Toothwort, 
I, squamaria, has some claims to the retention of the generic 
name of Clandéstina, which has been accorded it, in con- 
sideration of its racemose inflorescence, erect flowers, 
longer upper lip of the corolla and angled seeds, in con-, 
trast to the numerous minute seeds of Lathrea and its 
spicate secund drooping flowers. Another diffgrence 
between the two, which I have not found to be noticed 
elsewhere, is the frequent opposition of the branches of L. 
clandestina, and which strengthens the removal of the 
genus from Orobanchacew to Scrophularinee, as was first 
done by Solms Laubach in his admirable paper on its 
systematic position. 3 
L. Clandestina i8 a plant of rather restricted range ; it is 
common in the west and south of France, and especially 
along hedge banks at the foot of the Pyrenees, where its 
pale violet flowers have a very handsome appearance, and 
_ is found also in Spain, Belgium, and Italy. : 
Marcu Isr, 1890. _ 
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