326 civ. OROBANCHACE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Orobanche. 



pubescent, rather slender, spike snort lax-fld., bracts about equalling trie 

 corolla, calyx-segments ovate-lanceolate 3-nerved entire equalling the 

 corolla-tube, corolla | in. long pubescent orange-brown, lobes toothed or 

 crenate not ciliate, filaments glabrous except at the base, anthers sparsely 

 pubescent or glabrous. Renter in DC. Prodr. xi. 21 ; Reichb. Ic. FL Germ. 

 t. 1784. 



WESTEEN HIMALAYA; on grass, thyme, &c., from Kumaon, alt. 13,000 ft., 

 Stretch. <$ Winterb. (Orobanche n. 4), to Kashmir, alt. 7-11,000 ft. DISTEIB. W. 

 and Central Asia, Central and S. Europe. 



Stem 6-12 in., often tuberous below, rarely as thick as a swan's quill. Spike 

 1-3 in. Corolla curved, glandular-pubescent. Stamens inserted low clown in the 

 tube. 



7. O. nicotianae, Wight 111. 179, t. 158; stout or slender, puberulous, 

 spikes many- and dense-fld., bracts lanceolate as long as the corolla-tube, 

 calyx-segments almost as long subulate-lanceolate entire, corolla f in. 

 glabrous tube contracted in the middle, lobes pale blue glabrous crenate, 

 filaments pubescent at the base only, anthers glabrous. 



The DECCAN ; common in and destructive of tobacco crops, Wight. 



Stem 8-12 in., as thick as the little finger in Wight's specimen, much more slender 

 in his figure, pale brown. Scales few, ovate, acuminate. Spike longer than the rest 

 of the stem, cylindric, obtuse ; bracts many-nerved. Calyx puberulous. Corolla 

 quite glabrous, lobes small. The contraction of the middle of the corolla-tube dis 

 tinguishes this species. Wight regards the calyx-segments as bracteoles. 



8. O. Clarkei, Hook. f. ; glandular-puberulous, spike short rather 

 lax-fid., bracts lanceolate half as long as the corolla- tube, calyx- segments 

 nearly as long subulate-lanceolate, corolla 1 in. tube nearly straight not 

 contracted in the middle, lobes blue glabrous crenate, filaments and anthers 

 glabrous. 



WESTFBN TIBET ; Karakoram or Artemisia, alt. 9000 ft., Clarice. 

 This Clarke was disposed to regard as a form of O. nicotiance, which differs widely 

 in the smaller flowers, and form of the corolla-tube. 



SECT. II. Trionychon, Wallr. Bracteoles 2. (PHELIP^EA, Reut. Sf 

 Boiss.) 



* Calyx divided to the base posteriorly, entire anteriorly. 



9. O. inclica, Ham. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 27 ; puberulous or pubescent, 

 stem often branched, spikes usually lax-fid., bracts ovate half as long as the 

 corolla-tube, bracteoles filiform, calyx 4- or 5-toothed, corolla f-1 in. pubes- 

 cent without and within, tube rather slender, lobes blue ciliate, anthers 

 woolly. Wall. Cat. 3966, in part Benth. Scroph. Ind. 55, excl. localities. 

 Phelipaea indica, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 632; Renter in DC. Prodr. xi. 8; 

 Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 202. ? P. aegyptiaca, Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 499. 



Throughout the plains of INDIA, especially in mustard crops. DISTEIB. Central 

 and Western Asia. 



Stem 4-12 in., sometimes fastigiately branched from the base, often inclined. 

 Scales very few, chiefly at the forks. Spikes many-fld. ; bracts pubescent, lobes 

 subulate. Corolla pubescent, |-1 J in. long ; tube straight, almost funnel-shaped. 

 Filaments smooth, except at the base, anthers almost woolly. Probably a form of 

 O. ramosa. 



10. O. ramosa, Linn. ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 498; furfuraceously 

 pubescent or glabrate, usually much branched, spikes slender longer than 



