Orobanche. 893 
subulate or filiform at the apex, rarely lanceolate, teeth 1—3, 3- 
nerved, divergent, glandular-hairy and glabrescent, as long as the 
corolla-tube, rarely somewhat shorter. Corolla campanulate, above 
the insertion of the stamens widened, whitish or yellow with blueish 
veins, rarely purple-coloured, outside sparingly glandular hairy or 
glabrous; upper lip entire or plicate-margined with very broad sub- 
rotundate patent lobes; lower lip equally or subequally 3-lobed. 
Stamens inserted in the base, densely pilose, in the upper part often 
glandular-hairy. Anthers shortly acuminate often papillous-pilose. 
Ovary oblong-ovate. Style short, somewhat curved, sparingly glandular- 
hairy. Stigma bilobed. Capsule on both sides longitudinally dehiscent. 
— Flow. March to April. 
M. ma. M. p. N.d. N. f. N. v. O. D. a. sept. Common on Vicia 
Faba, Pisum, Cicer and Ervum. 
Local name: haltik-metaby (Forsk.); diker-el-ftl (Aschers.); 
generally: haliik; zibb-el-ard; daniin (Ascherson). 
Also known from the other parts of the Mediterranean region. 
1246. (7.) Orobanche versicolor Schultz in Flora (1843), 
p. 129. — Beck Monogr. Orobanch. in Bibl. Bot. IV, p. 237. — 
Orobanche villosiflora F. Schultz in Flora (1845), p. 737 and p. 740. 
— Orobanche fragrans Griseb. Spic. Flor. Rum. II, p.58.— Orobanche 
thapsioides Lo Jacono Criterii sui caratt. delle Orob., p. 50. — Oro- 
banche pubescens Dum. d’Urville Enum Plant. Orient., p. 76. — 
Boiss. Flor. Or. IV, p. 507. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., 
p. 118 no. 804. — Sickenberg. Contrib. Flor. d’Eg., p. 265. — Stems 
mostly solitary, rarely fascicled, slender, simple, 10—50 em high 
or sometimes somewhat more, bulbous-thickened at the base, often 
to 3 em thick, brownish or purplish, striate, densely glandular hairy 
or often villous, in the lowest part densely with scales. Scales ob- 
long, acuminate or subobtuse, often erose at the margin, more or 
less whitish-glandular-hairy, erect-patent, 1—2 cm long, often to 
1 cm broad. Spikes cylindrical rotundate at the top, rarely shortly 
acuminate, many-and-dense-flowered, often at the base, rarely in 
the upper part loose-flowered. Flowers first erect-patent, than 
horizontally patent, 10—15 often to 20 mm long. Bracts narrow- 
lanceolate, whitish-glandular-hairy, as long as the flowers, rarely 
longer. Calyx-divisions distinct or shortly connate, ovate, entire or 
at the middle bidentate; teeth small and long acuminate, often fili- 
form at the apex. Corolla whitish or yellow and inflated below 
the insertion of the stamens, particularly after flowering, moderately 
constricted and often bent at the middle, slightly widened upwards 
into the blueish throat; limb small; upper lip emarginate or 2-lobed; 
