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entering angle of the fuscous system, closely represented a 
pith, and the deception was carried on by the separation of 
the bark from the wood while making the section, and by 
the incompletion of the section itself. 
Although the stems of the Dodder adhere so strongly 
throughout the line of contact with each other, that the stem 
tears along its substance sooner than it quits its hold at any 
point, yet there is no continuity of structure, the adhesion 
between the disc and the outer and the central system is 
much the strongest, and if there be any interchange of struc- 
ture, it may be between the outer system of both plants. 
This plant, is found also on Alhagi maurorum or the 
Shootur Kari of Khorassan, attachment in the same way. 
The central system is inflected also which alters the whole 
case considerably, the external system adheres to the bark of 
the stock: it now remains to ascertain whether both are in- 
flected in Orobanche. 
Orobanche, species ?—Erecta spithamea pedalisve robusta, 
pubescens. 
Caulis basin versus ramosus. Folia squamiformia fusco- 
tincta. 
Flores racemoso-spicati, infimis nempe pedicellatis reli- 
quis sessillibus, bractea lanceolata brunnea vel fusca ; suffulti ; 
bracteolis 2, aliis linearibus utrinque calycis. 
Calyx albus, tubo subovato ad mediam partito, laciniis 
acuminatis, patentibus, erectis. 
Corolla ascendens, cerulea, cristis albis, tubo infundibuli- 
formi, faucem calycis prope angustato, carinato, dorso 
subtus bicanaliculato ; lamina bilabiata, labio superiore paulo 
minore, bifido, infer. 3-lobo, lobis rotundatis, irregulariter 
dentatis, cristis rotundatis binis, conspicuis. 
Genitalia, inclusa.* Anthere villose, rudimento quinte 
nullo. 
Cabul: in fields. 
- At Ghuzni, found growing on Cucumis sativa or Melon. 
In one instance the stigma was 3-lobed, the ovary had 
3-placente, the third being posticous ; another flower had 
only one crest. 
* Stamina basi lutescentia. 
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