974 SYNOPSIS 



OROBANCHEAE L. C. Rich. 



Flores hermaphroditi v. rarissime unisexuales. Calyx liber persistens 

 gamophyllus 4-5-fidus v. dentatus, nunc oblique truncatus subunilabiatus, 

 nunc hinc antice v. postice fissus, illinc ad basin integer, nunc utrinque 

 fissus, et ideo diphyllus. Corollae hypogynae tubus demum supra basin 

 circumscissus, v. tubuloso-subcampanulatus bilabiatus, labio superiore 

 saepius fornicato indiviso v. bilobo, inferiore trifido, quandoque obsoleto. 

 Stamina 4 didynama, lubo v. rarius prope faucem inserta, inclusa, rarius 

 subexserta. Antherae biloculares v. rarissime uniloculares, persistentes, 

 basi saepissime sagittatae, rarius muticae, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. 

 Ovarium disco carnoso, saepe obsoleto cinctum, uniloculare, placentis pa- 

 rietalibus geminis, nunc biloculare, pluriovulatum. Styhis terminalis sim- 

 plex, apice inflexus v. rarissime rectus, stigma saepissime magnum ca- 

 pitato-bilobum, rarius indivisum. Capsula unilocularis, apice v. juxta 

 totam longitudinem bivalvis, valvis utrinque cohaerentibus, septo v. co- 

 lumna libera. Semina plurima minima. Embryo in basi albuminis prope 

 umbilicum excentricus minimus subglobosus. 



4182. Epiphegus NuU. — Pa^.i61. — Flores polygami, inferiores foeminei, supcri- 

 ores hermaphroditi steriles. Calyx bibracleolalus urceolalus irregulariter quinque- 

 dentalus. Hermaphr. Corollae labium superius fornicatum integrum, inferius 

 aequaliter 3-fidum. Stamina 4 inclusa subaequalia, antheris basi cartilagineo- 

 bimucronatis. Slylus simplex. Sligma capilalum emarginatum. Foe^n. Corolla brevis 

 obsolete 4-denlata, mox ovarium calyplralim tegens. Capsula brevis ovata incom- 

 plete bivalvis, valvis medio placentiferis. 



4183. Phclipea Desfont. — Pag. 457. — Flores hibracleolall. Calyx tubulosus 4-5- 

 denlatus. Corolla ringens, labio superiore erecto bifido, inferiore trifido patenle. 

 Stamina 4 didynama inclusa, antheris basi biraucronatis. Ovarium postice glan- 

 dula hypogyna sfipatum. Stigma capitalum bilobum. Capsula unilocularis, apice 

 bivalvis, valvis basi cohaerentibus. 



4184. Couopholis Walir. — Pag. 464. — Calyx bibracteolatus ventricoso-tubulosus 

 spathaceus , antice ultra medium fissus, postice breviier quadridentatus. Corolla 

 ringens, basi ventricosa, labio superiore integro fornicato, inferiore breviore sub- 

 aequaliter Irifido. Stamina 4 subaequalia exserta, antberis basi bimucronalis. 

 Stigma capitatum bisulcum, Capsula unilocularis bivalvis. 



4185. Orobanchc Linn. — Pag. 464, — Flores ebracteolati. Calyx diphyllus, pliyllis 

 discrelis v. basi antice aut rarius poslice connatis, integris v, incisis. CoroIIa 

 ringens, labio superiore erecto bilobo, inferiore palente trifido. Slamina 4 didy- 

 nama inclusa, locuhs basi bimucronalis, Ovarium postice glandula hypogyna 

 stipatum. Stigma capitalo-bilobum. Capsula unilocularis incomplele bivalvis, 

 valvis basi apiceque cobaerentibus. 



4186. Boschuiackia C. A, Mey, — Pag. 478. — Flores ebracteolati. Calyx lubulosus 

 subtruncatus inaequalitcr 5-dentatus. Corolla ringens, labio superiore ereclo 

 fornicato bifido , inferiorc abbrevialo subtrilobo, Slamina 4 didynama exserta, 



