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gular, ringent, purplish, tube bending downwards, convex ; upper lip 

 trifid and curved ; lower lip trifid, middle segment the longest. Sta- 

 mens four, hid under lip, two longer than the others. Style one, 

 downy, purplish, bent downwards. Stigma two-lobed, obtuse. Ovary 

 on a fleshy disk. Seed-vessel a capsule, ovate, oblong, two-valves. 

 Seeds numerous, small, linear, attached to sides of capsule. Inflo- 

 rescence spicate. Stalk upright, simple, hollow, roundish, channeled, 

 villous, bulbous at base, clothed with dry scales. Parasitic on legu- 

 minous plants. May, June, July. Perennial. 



