Orobanvh e. ] OEO HA XCHA CF. E, 103 



C. tubulosa. Wight let 1420 bit; F. /'. E ie, 884 j Ceeifca Ff- Bo 

 ii,:>13. Orobunohe oalotropidis, Edgew. in Ho>k .loam. Hot. H, £ 

 Vern. Baumpaer (Rajpnt urn). 



Wholo plant yellowish or sometimes tinged with purple-. 8lcm $-2 ft. 

 high and as much as 2 in. in diam.. not branched, densely coverod with 

 aonte triangular scales $-1 in. long, glabrous or pui>oscont. Flo\ 



many, arranged in den e spikes 6-10 in. long ana Bometimea 3 in. in 

 diam.; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, longer than tho calyx, margins 

 membranous : bracteoles narr. wtr. shorter than the calyx. Calym 

 in. long; lobes rounded, about ^ as lorg as the tube ; marline 

 membranous, veined. Corolla yellow j tube erect, inflated above, 2~ or 

 3 times as long as tho calyx, hairy inside at tho base ; upper half 

 campanulate. bent outwards from the middle ; lobes rounded, reflexed. 

 Filament* hairy at the base, anthers not or scarcely apicnlate. 8lyle 

 exserted, curved below the atigma. Capsule 1 in. long, beaked. 



Ajmer ( Duthk^. Flowers during the cold season. Disteib. Plains 

 of Punjab and Sind, extending to C. Asia and Arabia. 



3. OROBANCHE, Linn.; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv, 321. 



Scapigeions herbs, scape< or stems simple or branched, sfout or 

 slender, scales acute. Floiccrs in dense or lax or interrupted spikes 

 or racemes, bracts scale- like, bracteoles 2 or none. Calyx unequally 

 4-fid., or 2-partite from back to front ; segments entire or 2-fid., with 

 rarely a fifth lobe or segment. Corolla 2-lipped ; tube curved, 

 dilated above, circumscissile at the base ; upper lip erect, crenulate 

 notched or 2-fid ; lower somewhat spreading, 3-Iobed. Stamens 

 included ; anther-cells equal, parallel, usually mucronateat the base. 

 Disk none or glandular. Ovary 1-celled ; placentas 4, equidistant 

 or in pairs ; stigma funnel-shaped or peltate, or more or less 

 2-lobed. Fruit a 2-valved caps-ale, the valves often cohering with 

 the style. Seeds very many, globose or ovoid —Species about 20, in 

 northern or sub-tropical regions of the Old World. 



Flowers without bracteoles, arranged in dense 

 spikes . . . . . . . 1. 0. cernua. 



Flowers with 2 bracteoles, arranged in rather 

 lax epikes ....... 0. wgyptiaca. 



1. O. cernua, L<> fl. It. Hitp. 152 ; F. B. I. iv, 317) ; Train Beng. PI. 778, 

 0. indica, Wall Oat. 9836 fnoi of Buch.-HamJ. 



Stems 1 or more, stout or slender, 6-12 ii. high, pale-brown or bluish ; 

 scales ovate, upper acute or acuminate. 8 J :ii;en denso, about half a- 

 long as the stem or longer. Flowers blue; r.cts lanceolate, shorter 



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