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OROBANCHACE^. 



OROBANCHE, L. 



506. 0. major, L. Greater Broora-rape. 



Native ; i)arasitic on Sarothamnus Scoparius and Ulex e^iropceus. 



Rather rare. June, part of July. 



0. I. On a bank by a lane near Pillaton, as you ascend towards the 



village from the vale between it and St. jMellion ; apparently 



on Sarothamnus, 1869. 



II. In the glen between Vernico and Pentillie ; Jour. R. Inst. Corn. 



iii. 50. 



D. III. Morwell Rocks ; Gould., PJu/t. iii. 643. Wood between Blaxton 



and Inchers, 1877. Hillside above the right bank of the 



Walkham, near Sampford Sphiey, 1868. 



IV. Single specimen on Broom in a hedge by the side of the Dartmoor 



tram-road, near the tunnel. Egg Buckland, 1861 ; Fancy Wood ; 



Hore ; West Wood, banks of the Plym, 1853; Julian, Keys, 



Fl. iii. 126. At least a dozen plants in the first-named locality 



in 1876, on both Sarothamnus and Ulex europceus. Noticed 



in or about the Plym Valley, at Rumple, Common Wood, 



Turtles Wood, and Riverf ord, on different occasions. Near Bottle 



Hill Mine, on Sarothamnus, 1864 ; also in 1874, some of the 



plants perhaps on Ulex europceus ; the elevation about 450 feet. 



VI. Hillside on the right bank of the Ernie, above Ivybridge, on Ulex 



europceus, 1871. 

 I have no record of the occurrence of this on Ulex Gallii, though it 

 probably grows on this species as well as on U. europceus. 

 First record : Goulding, 1849. 



507. O. Hederae, Duhij. Ivy Broom-rape. 



Native ; parasitic on Hedera Helix. Very rare. June to August. 

 0. I. Downderry ; Mr. W. B. Waterfall, 1877. 



D. IV. Two or three plants on Ivy, growing over an' old limekiln at Oatte- 

 down, 1872 ; two on a bank below it, 1877. 

 VI. Several on Ivy on a sandy hedge-bank at Saltercress, on the 

 Kingston side of the Ernie estuary, with Hypericum montanum 

 and Orchis pyrainidalis, 1875 ; two there, 1876. 

 The three stations are all very near salt water. 

 First record : Briggs, 1873, m Jour. Bot. ii. N.S. 375. 



508. O. minor, L. Lesser Broom-rap)e. 



Colonist or Casual. Parasitic on Trifolium xoratense, and some 

 other plants. Very rai-e. July to October. 

 q. I. In some quantity in a field of clover at Hessenford ; noticed in 

 only a part of the field, 1875. 



