6 Wilson—Observations on 
Franklin County, May 23, in flower. 
Allegheny County, June 19, in full flower. 
Mercer County, June 12, in full flower. 
It was reported from Staten Island, N. Y., as in fruit July 
II, 1895 ; and coming southward into southwestern Virginia, it 
was there already past bloom as early as June 8, 1892; in 
flower, but passing out, in Blowing Rock, N. C. (exception- 
ally high), June 16-17, 1892; while in Florida, it was in 
flower as early as March and April. 
Apparently, then, the period of flowering lasts about two 
months, beginning in early May in our Middle States, but, as 
might be expected, even two months earlier farther south. 
IV. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ORDER. 
The flowering stalks, always some distance from the trunk 
of the host, are remarkable in appearance. Unlike the other 
members of this order, they are thick and fleshy. Their color 
is a chestnut brown. They are six inches in length when 
fully grown, covered with thick, membranous-fleshy scales, in 
the axils of the upper ones of which are found the flowers. 
These are of the same color as the leaves, and like all of the 
Orobanchee, have a marked resemblance to non-parasitic 
Scrophulariacee. There are two bracts at the base of the 
calyx, which is irregularly four to five-toothed and split pos- 
teriorly to the base. The upper lip of the two-parted corolla 
is entire, or notched; the lower three-parted with the middle 
division obtuse and larger than the other three. The stamens 
are protruded, and the one-celled ovary is full of ovules 
attached to four parietal placentae. These differ but slightly 
from the flowers of the other closely related American genera, 
Phelipea and Aphyllon. The most noticeable point of differ- 
ence is the protruded stamens. 
The calyx of Phelipea is not cleft down the middle, and 
there is a well-developed ovarian gland, of which there is also 
a microscopic indication in the very young flowers of Conopho- 
