890 Orobanchaceae. 
globose, somewhat concave in the central part, 2-lobed whitish or 
brownish. — Flow. March. 
N. d. Abu Zabel (Schweinfurth), parasit on Trifolium alexan- 
drinum. 
Also known from Algeria. 
1242. (3.) Orobanche Mutelii F. Schultz in Mutel Flor. Frane. If 
(1835), p. 353. — Beck in Monogr. Orobanch. in Bibl. Bot. IV, p. 95, 
tab. I, fig. 13. — Phelipaea Mutelii Reuter in DC. Prodrom. XI, p. 8. 
— Rchbch. Ie. XX, p. 89, tab. 150. — Phelipaea ramosa f. brevispicata 
Ledeb. Flor. ross. Ill, p. 313. — Phelipanche Mutelii Pomel Nouv. 
Mat. Flor. Atlant., p. 106. — Orobanche Muteliana Samt Lay. Cat. 
Flor. Rhone, p.608. — Kopsia ramosa Dumort. 8. Mutelii Caruel 
Flor. ital. IV. p. 359. — Phelipaea ramosa var. Mutelii Boiss. Flor. 
Or. IV, p.499. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., p. 118 no. 799. 
— Aschers. Schweinf. Primit. Flor. Marmaric., p. 661 no. 538, — 
Sickenberg. Contrib. Flor. @Eg., p. 265. — Stem slender, branched, 
rarely simple, S—20 cm high, like the whole plant more or less 
glandular-hairy. Scales ovate to lanceolate, 5'/,—10 mm long, 
sometimes almost glabrous. Inflorescence spicate or the lowest 
flowers distinctly pedicelled, many-flowered, usually rather loose; 
bracts oblong-ovate to lanceolate, acute, 6—10mm long; bracteoles 
linear-subulate, usually exceeding the calyx-tube. Calyx 8—10 mm 
long, firmly membranous with more or less prominent nerves, divided 
to about the middle into 4 triangular or lanceolate, acuminate or 
caudate-acuminate, 3-nerved teeth. Corolla pallid below. otherwise 
bluish or lilac, 18—20 mm long; tube constricted about 6—8 mm 
above the base, then widened into the funnel-shaped throat, which 
is about 5'/, mm across, dorsal outline more or less curved; upper 
lipp 2-lobed, porrect lobes rounded; lower lip with 3 subequal, 
rotundate, crenulate-dendate or repand, ciliolate lobes. Filaments 
6'/, mm long, glabrous or slightly hairy at the base: anthers 
glabrous or slightly villous at the base. Style glabrous or sparingly 
glandular-hairy; stigma almost funnel-shaped, obscurely 2-lobed, 
whitish or yellowish. — Flow. March to April. 
M. ma. Marmarica: Matruqa; Alexandria. — N. d. Abu Roash. 
Also known from the other parts of the Mediterranean region. 
1243. (4.) Orobanche aegyptiaca Pers. Enchir. Bot. IT (1807), 
p. 181. — Beck Monogr. Orobanch. in Bibl. Bot. IV. p. 100. — 
Phelipaea aegyptiaca Walpers Repert., Bot. III, p.463. — Reuter in 
DC. Prodrom. XI, p. 9. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor, d’Eg., p. 118 
no. 800. — Sickenberg. Contrib. Flor. d’Eg., p. 265. — Orobanche 
pedunculata Viv. Plant. aeg. decad. (1831), p.22. — Phelipaea pedun- 
