CXVl, OllOBANCHACE.^. 981 



dehiscens. Semina mimerosissima, minimaj swjpius siibglobosaj testa foveolato-reticulata 

 V, striato-nigosa- Albumeti c&xno^'ani. Embryo prope liilum minutii8j cotyledonibus 

 indistinctis. 



Herbfls aphyllrc, varie coloratfe nee virides, ad radices parasiticfo, basi s,itjpius incras- 

 satse squamiaque imbricatis obtect^j rarius pauciaquamatie v, uudee. Caules sen scapi 6 

 baai squamifera erectly breves v. eloiigatij sinq^lices v. pai'um ramoiiij squamis alternis 

 dense conlcrtia v. dissitis, superioribus fioralibus bract eifomiibiis. Flores ad axillas biac- 

 tearum solitariij sessiles v. pedunculati, pauci v. in spicam densam terminalcm conferti, 

 bracteolis 2 sub calyce v. in calyce ipso stipati v- obracteolati. 



Species ad 1*50, pro maxima parte Earopae, Africje borealis, Asifle extrattopie^ et Ainericse 

 boroalis iucolae, perpauc^ inter tropicos in Asia, Africa \\ America au8tr;ili montana v, extratropica 



obviJe ; una sola ex Europ^is etiam in Australite ferria australibiis invemtnr, an inqiiiliiia ? 



De vita parasitica Orohancluiccarum plantarumque aliariim Piianerogamaruni confer Solms- 

 Laubaoh in Pringsli, Jahrb, Wisa, Bot vi. (1868). '' 



CONSPECTUS GENERUM. 



* Corolla lohi omnes lafl 2y(f^t€nfes. Aniherarum loculus alter cassiis v. deficiem'. 



1. -fficiNPrriA, Calyx spathaeeue, antiee fissus, postico integer. PedlcelH in .scapo brevi 

 paiici, long], erecti. — A.'^ia trop. cf siihtrop, 



2. Christisonia. Calyx tubulosu-s, S-dcntatu-s \. -Vfidiis. IVdicelli in seapo l-revi paucf", 

 lougiusculi, erecti v. abbreviati. — Ind. or. penins.^ Zeylaii'ta. 



(CAMruKLLTA ScrophiilarinearuiTi a Ckristkonia eaute distinguenda.) 



^"^ Coroll(£ lohi omnes lati paientes. Antherariim locidi (squales, paralleli. 



3. Phki.ip^^ia. Calyx o-fidua, lobis aeatis initqiialtbug. Pcdicelli in scajxj brevi v, tenui 

 Kolitarii w pauci, longi, erecti, — Oriens. -^ .':' 



4. CiSTAKCHE. Ualyx 54idus, lobis obtasis aufisequalibus, Flores in spica donsa sossilcs-*i 

 i??fr. mistr., Afr. hm\, Asia. ^ 



5. pHACELXANTHus- CVvlyx 2-3-phyllus, segmentis acutis, Flores in spica brevi den3a 

 sessiles< — Jap o/iia, 



*** Corollw lahiion poisticiim erectiuti v. subjyaleus, eutarginatioR i\ ^-fidum^ anticum ynagis paie^ts^ 



6. Apiivlt^ox* Calyx 5-fidiifi, lobis aeutis subfeqiialibus. Stigma (si divisum) antiee et 

 postice 2-lamellat\im. Flores in scapo pauci longe pedunculati t. co-spiciiti v. tbyrsoidti.-^ 



Atne)\ hor. 



7. Ororanchr* Calycis lobi v. segmenta lateralla utrinque 1-2, quinto postico minimov. 0. 

 8tLgmu (si divjsum) lateraliter 2-loljum^ Plores sessiles v. sabsestiiles, dense v. interrupte 

 f^pioati, — Orhis vet. l^mlsph, hor., alibi inquilina, .^ j 



**** Corollce labia erecta, posliciwi voHcavuin integrum v. bremter 2-hbum, anticum breviU'^ 



trirncatum v. Z-lobum. 



8. LATirEi.i:A. Calyx canipaniilatns, late 4-fidny. Spica brevis dcns^i, r. racemns longior 



laxus. — Eur,, Ada. 



9. CoxoPHOLis. Calyx subvenlricosus, anticc fissus, po^^ticc 4-dentatus. ypica densji, — 



Amer. hor. 



10. Bosch XI AkiA. Calyx eupulatus, suLtruncalus. Spica iion^w.^Amcr, hor,, Ami 



hor. or, 



»*»stt if'loj'cs difnorph', hupcriores perfect i aedt^fi-pi'^sifae steriles, htferiores chlsfanfhl, fertile^. 



M. Epiphegus. Plores paivuli, secus caules tenues difesiti. Calyx o-dentatus. — Aaaf, 

 bor. 



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