46 J. SAtJNDERS — BRITISH 



nre no Eritish pai'asites or saprophytes in the largo subdivisions 

 Thalamifloraj and Calyciflorae. 



PARASITES. 



* Leaf -bearing Root-parasites. 



SCROPHULAKTACE^. 



Bartsia, L. Eed eye-bright. 

 H. alpina, L. Sub-alpine. Rare. 



Eufragia, Grisel. Marsh eye-bright. 

 E. viscosa, Benth. South England, Sussex to Cornwall. 



Odontites, Moench. 

 0. rubra, Pars. Herts ; Beds ; Bucks. 



Euphrasia, Tournef. Eye-bright. 

 E. officinalis, L. (For the aggregate) Herts ; Beds ; Bucks. 



Rhinanthus, L. Yellow rattle. 

 R. Crista-galli, L. {R. minor, Ehrh., in Pryor's 'Flora Herts.') 

 Herts ; Beds ; Bucks. 

 Sub-sp. R. major, Ehrh. Beds, in a cornfield at Harlington. 



Pedicularis, Tournef. 



P. pahistris, L. Lousewort. Boggy places. Herts ; Beds ; 



Bucks. 

 P. silvatica, L. Red rattle. Wet heaths, etc. Herts ; Beds ; 



Bucks. 



Melampyrum, Tournef. Cow-wheat. 



M. pratense, L. (The aggregate) Copses, heaths, etc. Herts ; 



Beds ; Bucks. 

 M. silvaticum, L. Sub-alpine woods. Rare. 

 M. cristatum, L. Copses in the eastern counties. Rare. Herts ; 



Beds. 

 M. arvense, L. Cornfields. Rare. Herts, one record only, 



Ashwell (Fordham), which Watson considered to require 



confirmation. (Fragment in hb. Coleman.) 



** Leafless Root-parasites. 

 Orobanche^. 



Orohanche, L. Broomrape. 



0. elatior, Sutt. {0. major, L., in Pryor's 'Flora Herts.') 

 On Centaurea scabiosa, chiefly in the eastern counties. 

 Rare. Herts. 



