DIDYN'AMIA ANGIOSPERMI A. 



431 



51S. OBOLARIA. Gen.pl. 1044. 



i.O. caule slmplici, foliis oblongis truiicatis carnosis subtus pirginica. 



purpureis, floribus axillaribus solitariis Stfssilibus. — 



(nild s/). pi. 3. p. 346. 

 Icon. Pluk ahn. i. 20g. f. 6. Moris, hist. 3. s. 12. i.l6. 



f. 23. 

 In shady rocky plnces : Pensylvania to Virginia; rare. 



Not above threi inches high ; flowers pale red, in a 



spike, supported by purple bracteas. 



519. OROBANCHE. Gen. pi. \0A5. 



1. O. caule ramoso, floribus a'ternis distantibus, corollis de- vir^iniana, 



ciduis 4-dentatis. — Willd. sp pi. 3. p. 351. 



Icon, Moris, hist. 3. s.\2. t. l6 f. Q. 



Parasitic on the roots of beech-trees : Canada to Georgia. 

 11 . July — Sept. V. V. P'lowers small, purple. Tiiis 

 plant is known by the name of Cumer-ruot, being 

 tl»ought to be a never-failing remedy iu cancerous 

 ulcers, 



2. O. caule simplicissimo sqnamis ovali-lanceolatis imbrica- amerkana, 



tis obtecto, spica terminali glabra, corollis recurvatis, 

 staminibus exertis, — IVilld.sp. pi. 3. p. 351. 

 Parasitic on the roots of trees : Pensylvania to Carolina.' 

 1/ . July. V. V. About a span high, of a brownish- 

 yellow colour. 



3. O. scapis nudis unifloris, calyce ebractealo, corolla re- uniflora, 



curvata — IFilld. sp. pi. 3. p. 352. 



Icon. Pliik. mant. t. 34S. f. 3. 



Parasitic on the roots of different plants and shrubs : Ca- 

 nada to Virginia. 2/ . June, July. v. v. Not above 

 two or three inches high, of a tan colour j flowers 

 pale purple. 



