GAMOPETALiE i6i 



flowering between May and July, and is a herbaceous 

 perennial. 



In its floral mechanism the Greater Broom Rape 

 shows that it is adapted to pollination by insects. 

 There is provision for honey, and this is protected 

 from flies by the hairs on the style and anther- 

 stalks. As in the case of other parasites, how^ever, 

 the flowers are not visited by numerous insects, and 

 must rely largely on self-pollination. 



When the capsule has opened, the seeds, being 

 small, are readily blown away by the wind. 



Being rather a scarce or local plant the Greater 

 Broom Rape is known by few names, viz. : Orob- 

 strangler. Our Lady of New Chapel's Flower. 



Orobanche major. — Fig. 46 shows two plants 

 attached to the root of a Broom plant. Note the scale- 

 like leaves on the scape, the demise spike of flowers, the 

 bell-shaped, coloured, and long calyx-segments. 



57. The Butterw^ort Group. 



In this group, the Order Lentibulariaceae, are 

 included some of the most interesting plants in the 

 world of plant-life, the so-called Insectivorous or 

 Carnivorous plants whose habits have been so well 

 observed and described by the Darwins. The absence 

 of anything like animal characteristics in the majority 

 of plants, save the sensitiveness of the " sleep " and 

 " sun " plants, etc., has perhaps invested this Order 

 (and those others including Droseracese (Sundews), 



VOL. III. I I 



