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Clje |(oi-it of Miltsljirc, 



COMPEISING THE 



lloiDcriitg flantg nnir fa-ns inbigtuous to iU Cotmtg. 



By Thomas Bruges Flowek, M.R.C.S., F.L.S., &c., &c. 



No. XII. 



ORDER. OROBANCHACE^. (VENT.) 



Orobanche, (Linn.) Broom-rape. 



Linn. CI. xiv. Ord. ii. 



Named from orobos, (Gr.) a legurainose or i)ea-lihe plant ; and 



anchein, to strangle; owing to its supposed power of destroying 



the plant on which it grows. 



1. 0. Rapum, (Thuill.) greater Broom-rape. O. major, (L.) Sm., 

 Engl. Bot. t. 42L Reich. Icones, t. 900 and 923. 



Locality. Parasitical on the roots of furze, and broom, and other 

 shrubby Leguminiferge. P. Fl. May, July. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 

 South Division. 



1. South-east District, " Dry banks by the sides of the road from 

 Amesbury to Stonehenge," Dr. Malon. Nat. Hist. Wilts. "On 

 the roots of furze on Amesbury Down," Major Smith. "Amesbury," 

 Dr. Southhy. 



2. South Middle District, On furze at Nine Hills Drew's Pond, 

 Devizes, and near Seend. " On broom and furze at Heytesbury," 

 Miss Sehcyn. 



3. South-west District, Longleat Park. " Corsley," Miss Griffith. 

 " Warminster," Mr. Wheeler. 



North Division. 



4. North-west District, On the roots of Sarothamnus scoparius at 

 Bowden Hill, and Spye Park. " Winsley," Flor. Bath. " Kington 

 St. Michael," Rev. E. Rowlandson. "Chippenham," Dr. Prior. 



5. North-east District, "Martin," Miss M. A. Self. "Great 

 Bedwyn," Mr. William Bartlett. 



A local plant in the county, and the largest of our "Wiltshire 

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