648 
Plants of the Punjab. 
Se ee 
Orobanche 
kashmirica, 
OROBANCHACER. 
F, B. I. iv. 824. 
Kashmir. 
Tilail (Clarke). 
Orobanche cernua, 
ORoBANCHACES. 
F. B. I. iv. 325. 
The Plains to 
12,000 ft. 
Orobanche borealis, 
OROBANCHACES. 
F. B. I. iv. 325. 
Himalaya, 
7-8,000 ft. 
Murree. 
Orobanche Solmsii, 
OROBANCHACER, 
F. B. L. iv. 825. 
Kashmir, Kishtwar, 
8-11,000 ft. 
(Falconer). 
LEAFLESS PLANTS. 
HERBS. 
PETALS UNITED. 
corolla much ineurved, dilated above, slender below 
babe inflated, mouth 3-1} in. diam., lobes broad, short, 
nearly equal, stamens 4, almost projecting from the corolla 
tube, hairy, anthers woolly ; capsule ovoid, laterally flat- 
tened, 2-valved to the base, seeds many, almost round. 
annual, small, velvety, leafless, parasitic, pale brown 
stem 12 by } in., unbranched, scaly, scales 4-4 in., lanceolate, 
few, distant, flowers 3-23 n., pale brown in few loose brac- 
teate spikes, bracts 4-3 in., lanceolate, longer than the calyx, 
bracteoles none, calyx } in., divided te the base behind, 
5-toothed, teeth broad, short-pointed, corolla broad, softly 
velvety, tube curved, 2-lipped, upper lip erect, lower 38- 
lobed, lobes rounded, stamens 4 in unequal pairs, inserted 
at the base of the corolla tube, anthers included, spurred 
at the base, minutely hairy, style long, tip curved, stigma 
2-lobed ; capsule 2-valved, seeds very many, round. 
like the last species, but almost smooth, flowers blue 
in crowded spikes, calyx lobes lanceolate, calyx divided 
to the base behind, almost in front, 2-lobed, 3 lower corolla 
lobes long-pointed, anthers long-pointed. 
like the last species, but roughly velvety, calyx with 
4 long awl-shaped teeth and a median, very small tooth. 
like the last species, but stem stouter, flower yellow 
not blue, calyx segments bi-fid to the middle. 
