$&^ CXVI. OROBANCHACE.E, 



iliutici. Ovarii placcntye 2, alte 2-fidi6 v. 2-partit^e (4 plus miiins per paria connaf;ij) ; 

 atigina dilatatum, late 2-lobum, Capsule valvse apice din cnm stylo persistente coha^rcn- 

 tes V- demum solute. Semina minima, subglobosa, reticulata, — Scapi crassi, simpliccs, 



Sqiiam^ne latm, obtuse v, acutiuscuhej imbrieatio v, dissitae. Spica densa, fluribus 

 sessilibus ebracteolatis. 



Spee^ies 5, qtiarum 3 Amenoix; burcaUs et Abia* boreal: -oriental is iiioola?, qiiarta JlGxiejina, quiiita 

 Himalaica, Reut. in DC, Prod, xi, 39. Hook, FL Bar. Amer, L 167 et 168 (Orobam-he). 



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M. i:piplieg:us, Nutt. Gen, N. Am, PL il CO (er>'orc Epifagus, Mylanclic, IFaUr, Orob. 

 €x EiidLy — Flores dimorphi, superiores perfectly hermaphroditi, s^epissime (nee sumper) 

 steriles, inferiores cleistanthi^ foeminci, fertilus. In perfecfis ; Calyx brevis, campami- 

 latu^Sj sequaliter 5-dentatu3. Corolla tubus cylindraceus, leviter iucurvus, apice parum 

 ampliatus ; labia brevia, postico erecto lato concaWusculo emarginato, antico 3-lobo. 

 Stamina subexserta ; antherte suLtransversse, loeulis tequalibus parallelis basi mucronatis. 

 Ovarii placenta? lat^e, parum prominuli^j per paria aj^proximatfe v. parum dissitte, s^epius 

 mox desiccate V, abortiv^e ; stigma crassum, capitatodilatatum. In fluribus cleistanthis ; 

 Calyx parvus, corolla parva inaperta calyptriformis, stamina abortiva, ovarium perfectum 

 mox accretum, Capsula ovata v. subglobosa, apice 2-valvis. Semina oblonga, lajvia, — 

 Scapi in ordine tenues, rigidi, erecti, ramosi- Squamae parvse, dissit.^, Elnres H 

 pr^esertim calyces et fnictus parvi, subsessiles, 2-bracteolati, secus ramos virga^os dissiti. 



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Spedes 1, boi-eali-Ajnericana. Ifciit in DC. Prod. x\. 3. A. Gray, Man. Hot. K. U. St. ed. 5, 

 322. hhidl. Icoiwgr. t. 80. 



Ordo CXVII. i;,EWTIBUI.AIlIEJffi. 



Undl Vcg. Kiiigd. 686. UTiiicuLARiEjE, £udl. Gen. 728. 



Floi-es herniaphroditi, irregulares. Calyx infenis, 2-5-partitus, segmentis lobisve apertis 

 leviter inibricatis v. 2-seriatis. Corolla gamopetala, tubo brevi antice in calcar producto ; 

 limbi 2-labiati, labium posticnm a;stivationo (an semper ?) interius, erectiim v. patens,' 

 integmm emarginatnm v. 2-fidum, anticxim sre^pins in.njus, patens, basi supra sa3pius 

 convexum v. proxuinuhim, faucem interdum claudens, integrum v. lobis 3 pateutibus v. 

 reflexis hitegris emarginatis v. 2-fidis nunc brevissiniis v. intermedio obsoleto. Stamina 

 2, antica, basi corolla? affixa, lobia labii antici alterna, tubo inclusa, filamenti.s s.-epius 

 crassis arcuatis. Antlwrte nunc cum apice filanienti continua-, transversa, unilocnlarcs 

 nunc fihuncntis niagis arcuati.s contigujo et paraUelie, dorsifixje, loeulis 2 divai-icatis plus 

 minus conllucntibus rima longitudinali doliiscentibus. Staniimun 2 posticoruui- rudiuieuta 

 niimum rarms ad«unt i Discus 0. Omniim supenim, OYoideuni v. glubosum 1-locuIarc 

 i^thjma sessile v. stylo brevissimo fultum, 2-lamellatum, lamellis intus papillosis sub^qua- 

 hbus V. postica majore nunc maxiiua, antica minore minima v. obsoleta. Ovnla numerosa 

 placentam globosam v. ovoideam in fundo ovario sessilem v. «tipitatam dense obtegentia' 

 aaatiopa. tapmla globosa v. ovoidea, membranacea v. subcru.stacea in valvas 2 v i 

 dehiscens v. irregnlariter nimpenda. Semina numerosa, placentam arete obtegentia nunc 

 oblonga erecta, nunc lenticularia v. depressa peltatim aftixa et mutua pressione an^ulata - 

 testa liaud crassa, striata rugosa v. reticulata, rariu.s glochidiata v. setifera. Albumen 

 Emhnjo semini confonu.g, cotyledonibus cra.sis sa^pe uno latere v. undique conferrumihatis 

 nee niaisulco termmah v. ad apicem embryonis unilaterali distinctis 



Herb*e s^epius uligiiios^ a<iuatict«v. in locis madidis montium crescentes, interdum 

 epiphytie^e Foba radicaha rosulata v. ad squamas minimas alten.as reducta, radicalia 

 s.'^pe cito dehqueacentia et longe ante antlicsin cvanida. Scapi erecti, nunc J-flori ebrac- 

 teati, nunc race.uum simphceni v. rariusramo.nm ferentes,bracteissubpediec]Ii,snuninns 



