^ CXVI. OllOBANOHACE^. 



GEXERA AFFINIA AUT EXULUSA. 



iloyoTROPR-E et laiiraoACE-ai nonnullae, intewlum ob habitum subsirailem ad OrohancJmccas per- 

 peram referuntur, 



Htobanche^ Thunb. (H-^matobanchb, Presl), Harveya, Hook. (Allata, Harv.), ct CAMPnEixiA, 

 Wiglit, a lyightio sub Orobanchaceis inclusae ob ovarii placentas septo perfecto affixas, supra, p. 907? 

 SCTopbularlneis includuiitur. 



MiCRoscYPHus et PsAJiMosTACHTSj Prcslj bunt varietates Strigce orobanchoidis^ Bentli., pariterqxie 

 ad Scroplmlarineas pertinent, supra, p. 069. 



Epirhiza>'THuSj Blum,, ab Endlichero ad calcem OrobaThchaccantm positus, ad sectlonem Salo- 

 9noni<B inter Poly^aleas reducitur, supra, i. 136, 



1. JEg^inetia, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 1, 180. — Calyx spathacous, antice fere ad basin fissus, 

 postice acutiis, integer v. minute dentatns. CoroUre tubus amplus, ineurvns ; limbus 

 patens, sub-2-labiatu3, lobis 5 latis^ 2 po&ticis altius connatis- Stamiiia inclusa ; anthera- 

 r iim omnium loculus alter perfectus connectivo adnatus basi muticus, alter in staminibus 

 posticis deficiens, in anticis cassns, oblongo-clavatns, deflexus. Ovarii placenttu 2, 

 valde dilatatse, irregiilariter lobatse, loculum fere implentes, sed \nidique ovulifera nee in 

 medio loculo connatee ; stylus apice infiexus, stigmate magno dilatato j)Gltato, Capsula 

 Wub-2-valvi3. Seuiina mimitaj creberrimaj reticulato-foveolata. — Sca^^i brereWj simplicos,' 

 sqiiamis baud crebris. Flores paucij magni^ pedicellis scapo s^pius longioribus nunc 

 longissimixS scapiformibus. Bracteolai 0- 



Speeies 3 v, 4, AsiEe tropic* ot subtropiese incola^. Beut. in DC. Prod, xi, 43. Hoxb, Corom. 

 PL f. 91 et t 292 {Ch'oha7tche\ WaJL PI As. Rar, t. 219. Wight, Ic\ U 1421, 



Cektronta, Btume, Bijdr. 776 (Gasparinta, EndL Gen. 1408. Cbntronota, I)C\ Prod. ix. 

 286. Tronicexa, Stcnd, XmnencL ed. 2), ef^t J^'.gineiue species ex Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 713. 



2. CUrlstisonla, Gardn. in Gale. Joiirn. Nat. Hist viii- 153. (Oligopholis, Wighf^ Ic, 

 iv. 6, t. 1422.) — Calyx tubulosus, 5-dentatus v, breviter 5-fidus. Corolla tubus elongatus, 

 rectus V, subincurvus, supeme ventricosus ; limbus patens^ lobis 5 latis subsequalibus, 

 V- 2 posticis altius counatis. Stamina inclnsa ; antherarum loculus alter perfectus basi 

 mucronatuSj alter cassus angustus subulato-acuminatus. Ovarii placent£e 2, magna;, late 

 2-fidse V. sub-2-partitse, in'egulariter dilatatre, undique ovuliferse ; stylus apice infiexus, 

 stigmate magno dilatato undulato sub-2-lobo, Capsula perfecte 2-valvis. Semina nume- 

 rosissima, minima, subglobosa, testa laxiuscula reticulata, — Scapi breves, simplices, cras- 

 siusculi V, longiores tenuioresquej squamis paucia dissitis v, rarius ad ba-sin imbricatis , 

 Floi^es magni, in scaj^o pauci, longiuscule pedicellati, ebracteolati. 



Species 3 v. 4, peninsuIjE Indise orientalis et Zeylania? incolffi. Walp, Ann. n'u 204 {Ortff<ypholis\ 

 208. Wight, 2c. t. 1426, 1486. 



Genus ssepe confifsuni cum Camphellia, cui habitu con dissimile, aed placentae semper parietales 

 facie intcriore plus minus ovuliferse, et semina de visu Orohanchaceariim uec Gerardiearum, ciia- 

 raeteres in speciiinnibus siccis baud facile erucndi, et de loco speriminum nonuUorum baud ccrti 

 Bunms. Plores in Cay/ipbdl la s^-piun sestiiles inove H^/obaHckis, d\un Christison ite, ^orihus longius- 

 cule nunc longo pedicellatis, habitum potius Mginet^e pnebent- In icone Wiglitiana C. calcaraUe^ t. 

 1426, ovarium 2-loculare delineatur, erroro ut videtur, nisi species 2 adsint inter se similes altera 

 ad CamphellUim altera ad Christ isoniam reforendu. 



3. Plieiipsea, De^sf. in Ann. Mus, Par. x. 298, /. 21, exd. spp. occidenialilms postea 

 hulnsis. (Anoplantlii tfec(, Anblatum, E^idL Gen. 727; 5ec(. Macranoplon, Bent, in DO. 

 Prod. xi. 42.)— Calyx late campanulatua, 5-lidus, lobis acutis imvqualibus- Corollas tubus 

 late ventricosus, incurvus ; limbus aniplus, patens, sub-2-labiatusj lobis 5 late rotundatis 

 parum iniequalibns, labio aatico basi gibbis v. maculis 2 latis glanduloso-pubcscentibus 

 notato. Stamina inclusa ; antherarum loculi iequales, paralleli, basi mncronato-aristati. 

 Ovarii placentjie 4, omnes dissita; ; stylus apice recurvus, stigmate latf> crasso integeiTimo. 

 Capsula ovata, acuta, perfecte 2-valvis-— Herbse pnberubu v. glabratre, basi cras^a brevi 



