222 DICOTYLEDONS. -soLANE/^. fcrbascum. 



ORDER XX. OROBANCHE^. Rich, in Pers. 



(Allied to Pedicular es, Juss.) 



Cat. and Cor. 5-cleft, persistent; the latter irregularly monope- 

 talous, hypogynous. Stam. didynamous. Stigma 2-lobed. 

 Caps. 1 2- or many-celled, 2-valved. Seeds small, with a 

 minute round embryo at the base of a fleshy albumen. 



Parasitical, leafless Herbs. 



1. OROBANCHE. 



Cal. of 2 (generally) lobed, lateral segments. Cor. ringent. 

 Caps. 1 -celled, 2-valved, with many seeds. A gland at the 

 base of the germen beneath. 



1. O. major, stem simple, cor. tubular, its upper lip undivided, 

 lower one in 3 nearly equal segments, their lateral ones acute, 

 the terminal one largest obtuse, stam. glabrous, style downy, 

 p. 190. Roots of plants. 



2. O. rubra, stem simple, cor. tubular, its upper lip 2-lobed, 

 lower one in 3 equal obtuse lobes, stam. partially glanduloso- 

 pilose, style glabrous, p. 191. Basaltic rocks* 



2. LATHR/EA. 

 Cal. 4-cleft. Cor. tubular. 2-lipped. A depressed gland at the 



base of the suture of the germen. Caps. 1 -celled. 

 1. L. squamaria, stem simple, flowers pendulous, their lower 



lip 3-cleft. p. \S7.-Wbods. 



ORDER XXI. SOLANEJE. Juss. 



Cal. 5- (rarely 4-) partite, divided, persistent. Cor. monopeta- 

 lous, hypogynous; its limb 5-cleft, equal, or somewhat un- 

 equal, deciduous; with a plicate aestivation. Stam. inserted 

 into the cor., alternate with its segments, and equal to them 

 in number, sometimes 1 abortive. Ovary 1 2 4-celled, 

 many- seeded. Style 1. Stigma obtuse, rarely lobed. Pe- 

 ricarp 2 4-celled; either a capsule with a parallel double 

 dissepiment, or a berry with the receptacles united to the dis- 

 sepiments. 'Seeds numerous. Embryo included in a fleshy 

 albumen, more or less bent; often out of the axis. Radicle 

 opposite the hilum. 



Herbs or Shrubs. Leaves alternate, without stipules, some- 

 times opposite, beneath the flowers. Br. 



Div. I. Fruit capsular. 



1. VERBASCUM. 



Cal. 5-partite. Cor. rotate, 5-lobed, unequal. Stam,. 5, de- 

 clined, often hairy. Caps. 2-valved, ovate or globose. 



