JUNE. 233 
DIDYNAMIA. ANGIOSPERMIA. 
COROLLIFLORZ. SCROPHULARIACE. 
OROBANCHE. (Broom Rapz.) 
Generic Character. Calyx of two segments. Corolla gaping, 
four or five-cleft. Leafless scaly plants, of a brown or purplish 
colour, often growing on the roots of other herbs. 
These are singular looking plants, and rather resemble, in 
general colour and appearance, the Listera nidus avis. Two 
species are now in bloom. 
OROBANCHE MAJOR. Greater Broom Rape. Growing 
very frequently on the roots of Broom and Furze. From 
one to two feet high, leafless, and the whole plant purplish- 
brown. Flowers in a long spike, with the corolla tubular, 
the upper lip undivided, lower one in three nearly equal 
segments. Stem swelling at the base, and very scaly. 
OROBANCHE MINOR. Lesser Broom Rape. This is smaller 
than the other, and more slender. It is found on clover 
roots very abundantly in Norfolk, Kent, and Surrey. Corolla 
with the lower lip divided into curled segments, the upper 
unequally notched. 
