1. ^GiNETiA.] 99. OROBANCHACE.E. 



front nearly to the base. Corolla-tiibe broad, constricted above the 

 ovary, incurved, limb obscurely 2-lipped with 5 broad spreading 

 lobes, 2 upper connate. Stamens included, anthers with 1 cell 

 perfect spurred in the upper stamens and gibbous (the spur may 

 represent the empty cell), gibbous but not spurred in the lower 

 stamens. Ovary 1 -celled with large 2-lobed or multifid placentae 

 ovuliferous all over and filling the ovary. Stigma large peltate. 

 Capsule sub-2-valved or indehiscent. Seeds crowded, minute, pitted. 



Scapes slender, naked. Corolla purple l.indica. 



Stem short stout, peduncles bracteate at base. Corolla with 

 yellow tube and blue limb 2. pednvculata. 



1. Ea. indica, Roxh. 



Kootstock slender with fleshy fibrous roots and usually numerous 

 erect 1-fld. purple striate scapes Avhich are quite naked with the 

 exception of 1-2 bracts at the base. Flowers solitary terminal 

 cernvious, crimson, with a spathaceous beaked calyx •7-1" long and a 

 tubiilar curved corolla aboiit 1-5" long and -5" diam., sub-2-lipped 

 with very short obtuse flat lobes. Capsule dehiscent by the rotting 

 of the thin walls. Seed like brown dust. 



In damp rotten vegetation under Sal and other trees, Purneah ! Eajmahal Hills, 

 Kurz\ Manbhum, Camp. I Parasnath ! Singbhum! Angul, Chaffarjeel Probably in 

 all forest districts. FL, Fr. July-Nov. 



Short erect branches from the-rootstock often bear 2-.3 scapes 6-12" high. Cal.yx 

 many-nerved. Placentas 4 parietal much branched. 



I think this plant is a saprophyte, not a root parasite. 



2. JE. pedunculata, Wall. 



A much dwarf er plant than A. indica but with larger flowers 2-6 

 on a peduncle 1-4" high. Calyx lo-lG" yellowish. Corolla 2-2-5", 

 tube yellow, limb a fine purple-blue or violet, segments imiform, 

 minutely denticulate, anthers and stigma white. 



On roots of grasses, Sikkim, J.D.II.l Bengal, Jheels, T.T., without locality! 

 Bengal, Grif., without locality ! As it extends from Moradabad on one side to the 

 Darjeeling "Tarai and Dacca on the other side of our area, it is probably found 

 within. Fl. May- July. 



In some Burmah specimens the peduncles and pedicels are unusuallj- elongated 

 and attain 4" with the purple-blue flowers 2"5-3" long. 



2. OROBANCHE, L. 



Parasitic herbs with stem or scape simple or Ijranched, Avith aciite 

 scales. Flowers mod. -sized in spikes or racemes, bracteoles 2 or 0. 

 Calyx iinequally 4-fid or 2-partite Avith the segments entire or 2-fid, 

 or sometimes 5-merous. Corolla-tube curved, dilated above, circuni- 

 sciss at the base, limb 2-lipped, iipper lip erect notched, 2-fid or 

 crenulate, lower more spreading 3-lobed. Stamens included, anther- 

 cells equal parallel, bases visually mucronate or spurred. Ovary 1- 

 celled, placentce 4, stigma funnel-shaped or peltate, more or less 

 2-lobed with the groove median. Capsule 2-valved, valves often 

 cohering with the style. Seeds very numerous, globose. 

 Flowers bracteolate. Calyx split at the back onl.y, 4-lobed or lobes 



sometimes 5 1. (Bgyptiaca 



{indica)- 

 Flowers ebracteolate. Calyx split into 2 2-fid segments . . .2. cernua. 



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