500 OROBANCHACE^. Pheltpcea. 



tione et speciniinibus. sed P. ramosa typica in India quoque crescit. Pianta 

 Georgica in d.c. Prodr. ad P. Indicam citata est Ph. ramosa! 

 Ar. Geogr. India orientalis, Algeria interior. 



Sect. II. GisTAxcHE Llnlv. et Hoffm. Fl. Portug. I, p. 319. — Hcemo- 

 (loron Wallr. Gen. Orob. p. 69. — Calyx semiquinqiie- 

 JUlii.s rariiis fissus lobis obtusis Scepiiis ffiqnalibns. 

 Antherfe undique lanalfe. Capsnia stylo persistente ter- 

 minata. Gaulis simplicissimus. 



Glabrae. 



14. P. lutea (Desf. Atl. H. p. 60, tab. 146) giabra, caule crasso 

 elato sqnamis laiiceolalis crebre obsito, spica longa densa, braclea 

 media late ovata obtusa calyceni feqnante vel sublongiore lateralibus 

 oblongis niiuoribus calyce brevioribus omnibus carnosis margine 

 membranaceis, calycis campanulati lobis ovatis obtusis margine 

 scariosis erosulis, corolla lutea calyce 2V'2-plo longiore e basi angus- 

 tata antrorsum arcuata valde ampliata lobis ovato-orbicnlatis sequali- 

 bns jiatentibus, antheris albo-lanatis connectivo apiculatis, filamenlis 

 basi hirsutis. stigmate emarginato 'if . 



Hab.C/?enopOf?mct'flrwmfrutescentiumparasitica,inEgypto(SiebISchweinf!3, 

 dtserto Tiii Arabia^ Petrese (Boissl), Palestini australi prope Hebron (Rottilj. 



Ar. Geogr. Hispania australis, Africa borealis. 



15. P. tubulosa (^Schenk Plant. Spec. p. 23) slabra, caule 

 crasso elato squamis lanceolatis crebre obsito, spica longa densa, 

 bractea media late lanceolata obtusiuscula calycem subsuperante 

 lateralibus brevioribus anguste lineari-lanceolatis, calycis tubulosi 

 lobis oblongis obtusis aequalihus, corollae (e sicco violascentis) tubo 

 calyce duplo lougiore apice incurvo in limbum modice dilatato lobis 

 rotundatis obtusis, filamentis inferne valde hirsutis, antiieris albo- 

 hirsutis conneclivo non apiculatis 'if . 



Hab. inter Suez et Tor Arabife Petrea? (Roth et Erdl.j. in valle Ouadi Useit 

 ad Tamarices parasitica (Boisslj, in desertis salsis Persia? ad Salsolaceas para- 

 sitica prope Rischm et Kaschan (Buhse!), prope Ssertschah (Bge I). Floret 

 Febr,, Mart. 



Procerior P. Itited, stepe 2-3-pedalis, spica l-lVj-pedalis, corolla 15-16 lineas 

 longa. Distinguitur a P. luted forma bractearum, corollse tubo calycis propor- 

 tione longiore et limbo minus dilatato, antheris muticis, colore. Stigma e 

 corollci exsertwm ut in omnibus sectionis, sed tantum anthesi peracta et corolla 

 jam subemarcida. 



16. P. flava iC.A. Mey. Enum. p. 104) glabra, caule crasso 

 squamis lineari-lanceolatis obsilo. spica compacla densa. bractea 

 media a basi oblongolanceolata in ligulam linearem corolla multo 

 longiorem abeunte, lateratibus lineari-lanceolatis calycem fequantibus, 

 calycis tubulosi lobis rotundatis, corolJa Ilava calyce duplo longiore 



