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PHELIPAEA Desf. (excl. Ph. coccinea ad Anoplantìiuin Bie- 

 òers^em/ amandaiida) Auct. Recent. (excl. Sect. Cistanche Hoffsg et 

 Link, genus pr. costituendum) Gren. et Gode. FI. de Fr., v. II, p. 624 

 Cesati Pass, et Gm. Comp. FI. Ital. p. 334. 



Sect. Trionycliioii Wallr. Gen. Orob. p. 58. Reut. in D. C. Prodi*. 

 V. XI, p. 4. C. A. Meyer in Ledeb. FI. Alt. 2, p. 4G0. Willk. et Lance 

 Prodi'. FI. Hisp. v. II, p. 627. Boiss. FI. Orient. v. 4, p. 495. 



Orobanche species Linn. et Auct. Vet. 



Character ess. generis. Flores bracteolati, calyx gamoplniliis regulaiis cupula- 

 tus 4 V. 5-fidus, coi'ollae tiibus gracilis (in nostris) basi post aiitliesiii auctus , 

 menibraiiaceus, ovario arcte ciiigens, supra germine valde constrictus ibique usque 

 ad apicem plus minus campanulatus, labium super, coiivexum, infer. plauum pro- 

 pre faucem plicis duobus oblongo- linearibus plus minus barbatis praeditum, 

 o\'arii discus obsoletus, placentis conniveiitibus (nempe facies interna carpelli tota 

 ovulifera), capsula apice solum deliiscens. Herbaesaepissime ramosae, uudique co- 

 lore clialybaeo praeditae, floribus aliquando (infimi praesertim) manifeste pedicel- 

 lati, plerumque coeruleo-chalybaeis , violaceis, vel azureis, rarius stramineis v. 

 lacteis. Indumentuni Ijreve, viscidulum. 

 Ph. panormitana Mini Ph. ramosa Reut. Ph. strida Moris 



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OROBANCHE Lin. (excl. gen. Phelipaea et spec. nonn.) C. A. 

 Meyer in Ledeb. fl. Ross. Ili, p. 315. Orobanche Sect. Osproleon 

 Wallr. Orob. diasc. 20. Vauch. Monogr. Reut. in D. C. Prodr. 

 V. XI, p. 15. 



Gren. et Godr., voi. II, p.620. Willk. et Lance Fl. Hìsp., voi. II, 

 p. 620. Cesati Pass, et Girelli Comp. Fl. Ital., p. 330. 



Character ess, generis (1). Calyx disepalus, sepalis lateraliter positis , di- 

 stinctis bine antice aut rarius postice connatis , corolla campanulata v. plus 

 minus late lubulosa, ad faucem plicis binis glabris (nunquam piliferis!) elevata, la- 

 liio super, saepe galeaeformi. 0\'arium antice gianduia hypogyna praedito v. su- 

 pra disco plus minus continuo obsoletoque insidens, placentis distinctis secus li- 

 neam dorsalem carpellorum divisis, capsula yalvis basi apiceque cohaerentibus, in 

 medio liiantibus(septicide-:lelnscentibus). Herbae scapo simplicissimo (nunquam ra- 

 moso!) florilìus \i\\de sessilibus , varie coloratae , saepissime sordide lutescentes, 

 purpuiascentes, vel plus minus rubridae, pallide albescentes , rarissime (in sola 

 Sectioue Cumanae more Phelipaearum undique chalybaeae), indumenlo plus mi- 

 nus brevi, semper glandulis capitulatis, viscido, constante. 



(1) Diagnosis ad species Europaeis redacta. 



