io8 Orobanchacese — Verbenaceae. 



\.—OROBANCHE. 



Sepals usually 4, corolla gaping, upper lip 2-lobed, lower lip spreading 

 3-lobed. 



Stem 1—3 ft. high, 434 



Stem less than 1 ft., 43S 



434 Plant brown, O. major. 



434 Plant yellow, O. elatior. 



435 Plant red-brown, 436 



435 Plant yellowish-brown or purple, . . , . O. minor. 



436 Sepals entire, O. rubra. 



436 Sepals bifid, O. Caryophyllacea. 



Oroban'che ru'bra (12). Red Broom-rape. 7—8. Stem 4 — 8 inches 



(1084) high, calyx of 2 lateral I -nerved sepals longer than the tube of the 

 corolla, flowers dull red in a lax spike, corolla with the tube slightly 

 curved, lips toothed, upper one 2-lobed lower one 3-lobed. Parasitic 

 on Thyme. [G. {Atterniire, Malham Tarn.) 



Oroban'che mi'nor (32). Least Broom-rape. 6 — 10. Stem 6—24 in. high, 

 (1089) sepals 1 or many-nerved with long slender points, corolla yellow 



brown or purplish, tube contracted in the middle. Parasitic on Clover. 



[F. G. {Malham), M. L. C. CI. 

 OROBAN'CHE MA'JOR (58). Greater Broom-rape. Stem stout 

 (1083) I — 2 ft. swollen at the base brown, sepals i — 3 nerved nearly as long 



as the corolla tube, corolla i in., yellow and purplish, upper lip 



entire, lower lip 3-lobed, filaments glabrous below glandular above. 



Parasitic on Broom and other shrubby Leguminosce. 



OROBAN'CHE ELA'TIOR (25). Tall Broom-rape. Resembling O. major 

 (1086) but of a yellow colour, lobes of corolla more nearly equal and more 

 toothed, filaments glandular below, glabrous above. Parasitic on 

 Centaur ea Scahiosa. [M. H. 



Oroban'che caryophylla'cea (2). Clove-scented Broom-rape. 6. Stem 



(1085) 6—12 in., flowers large in a lax spike, corolla i in. reddish brown or 

 purplish sweet-scented, stigma purple. Parasitic on Galium, [L. 



\\.—LA THRMA, 



LATHR^'A SQUAMA'RIA (61). Great Tooth-wort. 4—5. Stem 

 (1091) 4 — 10 in. high, stout scaly branching Irom the base, flowers brownish 



purple drooping in i -sided racemes, lower lip of the corolla 3-cleft. 



On roots of Hazel and other trees. 



ORDER 52. — Verbenaceae. 



Calyx tubular inferior. Corolla tubular 2-Iipped. Stamens didynamous 

 epipetalous. Ovary 2 or 4-celled. Style terminal. 



