Orobanche.] civ. OROBANCHACE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 325 



2. O. cernua, Loeffl. ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 514 ; puberulous or 

 glabrate, spikes dense, flowers blue, bracts lanceolate shorter than the 

 corolla nerves strong parallel, calyx half as long as the corolla, segments 

 2-fid to the middle, lobes lanceolate, corolla | in. glabrous curved lobes 

 crenate not ciliate, filaments glabrous, anthers nearly so. Renter in DC. 

 Prodr. xi. 32 ; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 1808. 0. indica, Wall. Cat. 3966, 

 not of Roxb. ; Benth. Scroph. Ind. 55, partly. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA ; from Nepal to Kashmir and WESTERN TIBET, alt. 

 10-12,000 ft. OUDH and PATNA to the Punjab ; the DECCAN from the Concan south- 

 wards. DISTRIB. Westwards to N. Africa and Spain ; extra-tropical Australia. 



Stem stout, 6-12 in., pale brown or blueish. Scales ovate, upper acute or acumi- 

 nate. Spikes often half as long as the stem or longer. Sepals with long points. 

 Corolla J-f in. long, sometimes puberulous above ; 2 upper lobes broad, 3 lower ovate 

 acuminate. Anther-cells acuminate. Style glabrous, stigmatic lobes short thick. 

 The anthers are sometimes a little hairy. 



3. O. Hansii, Kerner Nov. PL Sp. ii. 15 ; pubescent, spikes dense, 

 flowers blue, bracts ovate shorter than the corolla, nerves strong parallel, 

 calyx half as long as the corolla, segments 2-fid to the middle, lobes lanceo- 

 late, corolla 1 in., nearly straight and glabrous, lobes crenate not ciliate, 

 filaments glabrous, anthers hairy. ? 0. foetida, Klotzsch in Reise Pr. 

 Wai den. Ill, not of Desfontaines. 



WESTERN TIBET ; Karakoram, alt. 8-12,000 ft., Clarice. LAHUL, Jaesckke. 

 This looks like a stout large-flowered var. of 0. cernua, with deeper blue flowers 

 broader bracts, and more hairy anthers. 



4. O. borealis, Turcz. in Bull. Spc. Imp. Nat. Hist. Mosc. 1842, 420; 

 furfuraceously pubescent, stem stout simple, scales few, spikes rather short 

 dense-fld., bracts ovate-lanceolate equalling or exceeding the flower, calyx 

 half as long as the corolla-tube or less with 4 subulate long and a median 

 very small tooth, corolla pubescent tube broad curved lobes crenate blue, 

 filaments and anthers glabrous. Ledeb. Fl. Ross. iii. 321 ; Renter in DC. 

 Prodr. xi. 32. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA, from Murree to Kishtwar, alt. 7-8000 ft., Thomson, 

 Fleming, &c. WESTERN TIBET; Karakoram, alt. 13,000 ft., Clarke. DISTRIB. 

 Central Asia. 



Stem 6-10 in., rarely more, as thick as a goose-quill. Scales ^-f in., oblong- 

 or ovate-lanceolate. Spike 2-4 in. Corolla % in. This is certainly the plant 

 of Turczaninov and Ledebour, which Boissier refers to Phelipcea lanuginosa, C. A. 

 Meyer. 



5. O. Solmsii, Clarke mss. ; very robust, pubescent, bracts usually 

 longer than the flowers lanceolate, calyx half as long as the corolla, seg- 

 ments bifid to the middle, lobes lanceolate, corolla - in. long yellow 

 puberulous, filaments and anthers glabrous. ? 0. Galii, Klotzsch in Reise 

 Pr. Wald. Bot. Ill, not of Dalz. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA; Kumaon at Tola, alt. 11,500 ft., Stracl. $ Winterl.; 

 Kashmir and Kishtwar, alt. 8-11,000 ft., Falconer, &c. 



Stem 12-18 in., often as thick as the thumb. Scales $-1 in., lanceolate. Spike 

 6-10 in., dense-fld. ; bracts very variable, narrow. Corolla curved, lobes crenulate. 

 Differs in the yellow flowers from O. borealis. 



t **# Calyx divided to the base anteriorly and posteriorly, the segments 

 undivided. 



6. O. epithymum 9 DC. ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 509 ; glandular- 



