OROBANCHACEiE. (BROOM-RAPE FAMILY.) 



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Fig. 268. 



Var. Muteli, Boiss. Spikes shorter, denser. Corolla larger, 

 more violet, more conytricted above ovary, and rather more dilated at 

 tip — Arabia Petrasa ; Syria ; Palmyrene Desert. 



Var. nana, Boiss. Stem simple, short ; spike dense, few-flower- 

 ed — Coast. 



6. P. JBgyptiaca, Pers. 2^ .2 to .3 or more, glandular-papil- 

 lose ; stems simple or branched ; spikes long, loose. Bract oblong ; 

 bracteoles narrow-lanceolate, rather shorter than calyx ; calyx-lobes 

 acuminate from a triangular base ; corolla .02 to .03 long, thrice as 

 long as calyx, blue, tubular-funnel-shaped, curved, with ovate, obtuse 

 lobes ; anthers woolly at sutures ; stigma retuse — Spring and summer 

 — Palestine ; northern Syria. 



* * Calyx-lobes equal. Anthers looolly. Capsule crowned with, persistent 

 style. Stem always simjjle, fleshy. 



7. P. lutea, Desf. 2f Ilaldq. Danun. Barniiq. TerathUh. 

 Turfds. .3 to .6, glabrous; stems .01 to .015 

 thick, beset with oblong-lanceolate, .03 

 long scales. Spike .01 to .04 long, dense ; 

 bract ovate, .01 long, obtuse, as long as 

 calyx or longer ; bracteoles oblong, shorter 

 than calyx ; lobes of campanulate calyx 

 ovate, obtuse, scarious-margined ; corolla 

 lemon-yellow, .04 long, twice and a half as 

 long as calyx, narrow at base, .015 broad 

 at tip, with ovate-orbicular, spreading 

 lobes ; connective of anther apiculate ; 

 pods ovoid, .015 long — Spring — Valleys 

 around Dead Sea ; el-Ghor ; wilderness of 

 Judea ; et-Tih ; Syrian Desert ; on Cheno- 

 podiaceae. 



8. P. tubulosa, Schenk. '^, Ther- 

 thur, .6 to 1, glabrous ; stem .01 to .015 

 thick, beset with lanceolate scales. Spike 

 long, dense ; bract Iroad-lanceolate, longer 

 than calyx ; bracteoles Unear-lanceolate, shorter than calyx ; lobes of 

 tubular calyx oblong, obtuse ; coyoW^l purple, .04 long, twice as long as 

 calyx, narrow at base, .014 broad at apex, with rounded lobes ; con- 

 nective of anther not apiculate — ^^Ymg— On Tamarisks ; Sinai ; er- 

 Ramleh (et-Tih) ; around Dead Sea. 



9. P. sal§a, C. A.M. 2f .3, woolly; stem thick, beset with 

 ovate-oblong, obtuse scales. Spike long, dense ; bract ciliate-margined, 

 ovate-lanceolate, somewhat longer than calyx ; bracteoles linear-ob- 

 long, as long as calyx ; calyx glabrous, campanulate, with ovate, ob- 

 tuse lobes, often tomentellous at margin ; corolla violet, .025 long, 

 nearly straight, about thrice a8 long as calyx, tubular-campanulate, 

 with spreading, semi-orbicular lobes ; connective of anthers short- 

 apiculate— Spring— Clayey, salt marshes; Eastern Moab ; Syrian 

 Desert ; on Chenopodiaceoe. P. incana, Paine, belongs to this species. 



3. OROBAXCHE, L. Broom-Rape. 

 Flowers hermaphrodite, with 1 bract and 2 bracteoles. Calyx 

 usually of 3, entire or bifid sepals, sometimes gamosepalous. Corolla 



Flower of P. lutea. 



