Plate 2803. 



CISTANCHE ROSEA, Baker. 



OROBANCHACEiE. 



C. rosea, Baker in Kew Bullethi, 1894, 339; glabra, scapo carnoso 

 10-15 poll, alto basileviter dilatato dense squamato, squamis imbricatis 

 obtusissiinis ovatis ovato-oblongis v. superioribus inferne anguBtatis, 

 spica densa, bracteis coloratis oblanceolato- v. obovato-oblongis obtusis 

 floribus brevioribus alabastros superantibus, bracteolis spathulatis 

 angustis, calycis lobis obtusis anticis tubo brevioribus ovato-ellipticis, 

 coroUiB rosese lobo autico ovato-rotundato margine eroso tubo infundi- 

 buliforme dilatato incurvo, filamenta exserta glabra basi pilosa medio 

 tubi corolhie inserta, ovario lanceolato-oblongo cum stylo elongato 

 exserto glabro. 



Hab. Arabia ; Hadramaut, near Mokalla, alt. 200 feet; parasitic on 

 roots of Pluchea Dioscoridis, Liint (No. 62). 



Sjnca Horifera 9-12 poll, longa. Flores l\ poll. longi. Antherm 

 uorsifixte, albo-lanat£e, inappendiculatoe. 



This fine Cistanclie is perhaps more nearly allied to C. tulmhsa than 

 to any other species, but the squaiuje and bracts are more obtuse. 



D. Oliver. 



FjS- 1. Calyx ami bract. 2. Corolla laid open, 3. Anther, 4. Stigma, 6. Transverse 

 section of ovary. All cnlargal 



