99. OROBANCHACE.E. [1. iEoiNKTiA. 



The commonest species and far less hispid than the next. Small states remind 

 one of the English Eyebright {Euphrasia). Leaves often 1-2-toothed, with thickened 

 margins, "l" broad. Calyx-lobes linear, 3-nerved, hispid, as long as the tube. 

 Lower bracts often exceeding the calyx. 



2. S. lutea, Lour. 



A very slender usually strict herb 4-18". with hispid stems and 

 slender scabrid or hispid linear leaves 'i-'S" long-, the upper bracti- 

 forni and alternate, each bearing a yelloAv, more rarely a i-ed, blue or 

 Avhite flower ••i-"5" long, the slender corolla twice as long- as the 

 narrow tubular 10-ribbed calyx. Capsule '15" oblong-, dark brown. 



Not very common. Wet places in grass. Purneah, Keiv Herb. ! Patna to Monghyr, 

 T.T.I Ranchi! Palamau, at Neterhat, elev. 3000 ft. ! Parasnath, A'^rs ! FL, Fr. 

 Oct. -Nov. -Dec. 



Flowers very shortly pedicelled in fruit. Calyx '25" with 5 rilDS running into the 

 teeth and intermediate portion membranous with 5 strong nerves, teeth setaceous, 

 about one third as long as tube. Corolla yellow in our specimens, blue in a small 

 specimen collected by Prain in Ranchi. 



3. S. densiflora, Benth. 



Stouter than the last, 8-18", with very scabrid and sparsely hispid 

 stems, and leaves 'S-l-o" long. Flowers white •4--5" long. Calyx 

 •2--24", with 5 strong scabrous ribs, intermediate portions membranous 

 but without the 5 strong nerves found in S. lutea. 



Balugaon, Puri, Hooper ! It also occurs in Northern Bengal and probably there- 

 fore in Pui-neah. My own specimens were collected in the Central Provinces. It 

 may therefore be expected to be found anywhere in our area. FL, Fr. Aug.-Oct. 



It turns black in drying whereas S. lutea often remains grey or green. Linear 

 leaves with scabrid hairs often breaking off leaving the cystolith'-like base when dry. 

 Calyx lobes lanceolate or subulate. Lower lip of corolla "2b'' wide. Lower bracts 

 leaf-like far exceeding the flowers. 



FAM. 99. OROBANCHACE^. 



Leafless, often fleshy or scaly, root-parasites or saprophytes, with 

 usually a simple stem and irregular flowers, solitary, spiked or 

 racemed. Calyx spathaceous or of 4-5 free or connate sepals. Corolla 

 ^ypogynous with curved tube and 2-lipped limb ; upper lip arched, 

 lower 3 -fid, throat often Avith 2 villous folds. Stamens 4 didynamous, 

 anthers 1-2-celled, cells more or less spurred, dehiscent by slits or 

 pores or one imperfect. Ovary of 2 connate carpels, 1- rarely 2-celled ; 

 style long, tip curved, stigma capitate 2-lobed. Ovules iisually 

 many, anatropous on 2 pairs of free or confluent parietal placentee 

 which sometimes meet in the axis. Capsule 1-celled, 2-valved, or 

 subindehiscent, few- or many-seeded. Seeds minute, testa pitted 

 or tubercled, rarely lax and reticulated, albumen fleshy. Embryo 

 ovoid, simple or 2-fid. 



Calyx spathaceous. Cor.-lobes subequal, spreading. Anther-cells 



unequal or one suppressed 1, Mginetia. 



€alyx4-fid or 2-partite. Corolla 2-lipped. Anther-cells equal . . 2. Orobajiche. 



1. ^EGINETIA, L. 



Stems or scapes simple or branched, scaly or naked, bearing large 

 solitary or few ebracteolate flowers with a spathaceous calyx split in 



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