BROOM-RAPE FAMILY 



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lobes of lower lip nearly equal, acute ; stamens hairy ; stigma 

 yellow. — On Centaurea Scabibsa ; rare — Fl. June — August. 

 Perennial. 



OROBANCH6 MAJOR 



{Great Broom-rape). 



LATHR.tA SQUAMARIA 



{Tooihwort). 



7. 0. Picridis (Picris Broom-rape). — A pale species, about a 

 foot high, with i — 3-veined sepals ; toothed, nearly equal lobes 

 to the lower lip of the corolla; stamens hairy below; stigma 

 purple. — On Picris hieracioides ; rare.— Fl. July. Perennial. 



