314 ^f'T. OrtOBANCHACE.'E. 



Bract eolcs ; stiuner.s inscrlcil at about the middle of the corolla- 

 tube ; anthers glabrous 1. 0.cernm\ar. 



Bractpoles 2 ; stamens inserted near the base of the corolla-tube ; 



anthers woolly 2. 0. agypiiaca. 



1. Orobanche cernua, Lcrji. It. Hisp. (1758) p. 152, tar. de- 

 sertorum. Hitter Bech, Momgr. Oroh. in Biblioth. Bot. Heft 19 (18U0) 

 }). 142, fig. 33 (1). Stems 1 or more, stout or slender, pale-brown, 

 piiberulous ; scales ovnte or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, \-^ in. long. 

 ^ipikes very dense, cyliiidric, obtuse ; bracts ovate-lanceolale, K)nger than 

 the calyx, thick and with numerous strong parallel nerves. Calyx -| in. 

 long, membranous ; sepals lanceolate, cuspidate, with a strong midrib 

 and conspicuous parallel nerves. Corolla curved outwai^ds, | in. long, 

 glabrous, with a violet limb and white tube ; upper hp 2-lobecl, the lobes 

 small, erecto-patent with irregularly crenate margins ; lobes of the lower 

 lip subequal, small, suborbicular ; tube constricted in the middle. 

 Stamens inserted about or a little below the middle of the tube ; 

 filaments dilated at the base, glabrous or sometimes pubescent at the 

 very base ; anthers obovate, the cells mucronate at the base, glabrous. 

 Capsules ellipsoid, scarcely exceeding the calyx. Seeds scarcely -^^ in. 

 long, ovoid, reticulate. Orobanche nicotiance, Wight, 111. v. 2 (1850) 

 p. 179, t. 158 ; Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 326, 



I baye seen no specimens of this plant from the Deeean, where it is said to occur on 

 tobacco, nor is it included in Woodrow's list. Dalzell's specimen in Herb. Kew. is 

 from Coimbatore. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



2. Orobanche aegyptiaca, Pers. Syn. v. 2 (1807) p. 181. Stem 

 4-20 in. high, more or less branched from the base ; scales few, lanceolate, 

 sparingly pubescent or glabrescent, i-|^ in. lotig. flowers sessile, or the 

 lower shortly pedicellate, numerous, in cylindric spikes which are at first 

 condensed, afterwards usually lax, the lower flowers often remote ; 

 bracts lanceolate, pubescent; bracteoles narrowly linear, shorter than 

 the calyx. Calyx pubescent, ^ in. long, campanulate. 4-tootlied, sub- 

 membranous ; teeth lanceolate-subulate from a broad base, about 

 equalling the tube and v. ith a strong mid-nerve. Corolla |-1^ in. long, 

 pubescent outside, the upper part blue or lilac, the lower part nearly 

 white ; upper lip 2-lobed, the lobes obtuse or subacute ; lower lip 

 equally 3-lobed, the lobes usually rounded ; tube slightly curved near the 

 top, constricted above the insertion of the stamens about | in. above 

 the base. Filaments inserted low down in the tube, pubescent at the 

 base ; anthers obovate, woolly, the cells usually separating from a 

 mucronate base. Stigma large, with 2 nearly semicircular lobes. Capsules 

 nearly g in. long, oblong, acuminate, glabrous, 2-valved. Eipe seeds 

 about j-^ in. in diam., subglobose or ovoid, reticulate, liitter Beck, 

 Monogr. Orob. in liiblioth. Bot. Heft 19 (1S90; p. 100, fig. 14 (1), 

 Orohanche indica, Buch.-llani. in Roxb. Fl. Jnd. v. 3 (1S32) p. 27; 

 Hook. f. Fl. B. I. V. 4, p. 320 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1898) p. 175; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 5, p. 495. FlieJipaa indica, 

 G. Don, Gen. Syst. v. 4 (1837) p. (i32 ; Grab. Cat. p. 14G; Dak. & 

 Gibp. p. 202.— Flowers : Oct. 



I cannot find tbat the calyx is divided to the base on the upper side 

 as stated under Sec. II. {Trionyclion) in Fl. B. I. (Z. c). 



Deccan and Ciu.iakat. jjarasitic on tobacco plants, also on Fapaver, Canvafns, !\r.<\ 

 Bonie species of Jh-/rs!^icn (\' rain). — Disinin. I\Iore or less ihronghout the plains (if 

 India ; Central and ^^■cst^^n Asiii. 



