222 DICOTYLEDONS. — soLANEiE. Vcrhascum. 



Order XX. OROBANCHE^. Rich, in Pers. 

 {Allied to Pediculares, Jiiss.) 

 Cal. and Cor. 5 -cleft, persistent; the latter irregularly monope- 

 talous, hypogynous. Stam. didynanious. Stigma 2-lobed. 

 Caps. 1 — 2- or many-celled, 2-valved. Seeds small, with a 

 minute round embryo at the base of a fleshy albumen. 

 Parasitical, leafless Herbs. 



1. OROBANCHE. 



Cal. of 2 (generally) lobed, lateral segments. Cur. ringent. 

 Caps. 1 -celled, 2-valved, with many seeds. A gland at the 

 base of the germen beneath. 



1. O. major, stem simple, cor. tubular, its upper lip undivided, 

 lower one in 3 nearly equal segments, their lateral ones acute, 

 the terminal one largest obtuse, stam. glabrous, style downy. 

 p. 190. — Roots of plants. 



2. O. rubra, stem simple, cor. tubular, its upper lip 2-lobed, 

 lower one in 3 equal obtuse lobes, stam. partially glanduloso- 

 uilose, style glabrous, p. 191. — Basaltic rocks. 



2. LATHR^A. 

 Cal. 4-cleft. Cor. tubular, 2-lipped. A depressed gland at the 



base of the suture of the germen. Caps. 1 -celled. 

 1. L. squamaria, stem simple, flowers pendulous, their lower 



lip3-cleft. /;. \87. —^Voods. 



Order XXI. SOLANE.E. Juss. 



Cal. 5- (rarely 4-) partite, divided, persistent. Cor. monopeta- 

 lous, hypogynou.^ ; its limb 5-cleft, equal, or somewhat un- 

 equal, deciduous; with a plicate ssstivation. S/aw. inserted 

 into the cor., alternate with its segments, and equal to them 

 in number, sometimes 1 abortive. Ovary 1 — 2 — 4-celled, 

 many- seeded. Style 1. Stigma obtuse, rarely lobed. Pe- 

 ricarp 2 — 4-celIed; either a capsule with a parallel double 

 dissepiment, or a berry with the receptacles united to the dis- 

 sepiments. Seeds numerous. Embryo included in a fleshy 

 albumen, more or less bent; often out of the axis. Radicle 

 opposite the hilum. 



Herbs or Shrttbs. Leaves alternate, without stipules, some- 

 times opposite, beneath the flowers. Br. 



Div. I. Fruit capsular. 



1. VERBASCUM. 

 Cal. 5-partite. Cor. rotate, .5 -lobed, unequal. Stam. 5, de- 

 clined, often hairy. Caps. 2-valved, ovate or globose^ 



