OROBANCHE.E. I. OROBAXCHE. 



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equal ; scales lanceolate ; flowers spreading, scattered, glandu- 

 larly viscid, remote ; calycine segments lanceolate, rarely bifid ; 

 superior lip of corolla rounded, crenulated : lower one 3-lobed : 

 lobes bluntly crenated ; stigma 2-lobed, reddish. 2/ . H. Na- 

 tive of France, on arid mountains, on the roots of Thymus 

 serpyllum. O. Thymi-serpylli, Vauch. mon. t. 6. Plant red- 

 dish. 



far. i3, epithymoides (Duby. bot. gall. 1. p. 349.) scape rather 

 inflated ; corolla veiny ; upper lip 2-lobed ; lobes superincum- 

 bent, y.. H. Native of Provence, near Brignollis, growing 

 on the roots of Thymus culgaris. O. Thymi-vulgaris, Vauch. 

 mon. p. 53. * 



Thyme Broom-Rape. PI. 1 foot. 



6 O. GA'LII (Dub. bot. gall. 1. p. 349.) scape moderately 

 thickened at the base, scaly ; scales lanceolate, blackish ; caly- 

 cine segments lanceolate, or irregularly bifid ; corolla inflated ; 

 upper lip arched, sub-emarginate : lower lip 3-lobed : lobes 

 roundish ; filaments inflexed ; anthers blackish ; stigma 2-lobed, 

 dark red. 3/.H. Native of France, in gravelly places, on the 

 roots of Galium Mollugo. O. Galii Molluginis, Vauch. 1. c. t. 

 7. Scapes reddish. Flowers purplish. 



Galium Broom-Rape. PI. 1 foot. 



7 O. HE'DER.E (Vauch. mon. p. 56. t. 8.) scape thickened into 

 a sparingly scaly bulb ; scales lanceolate, fewer ; bracteas atte- 

 nuated at the apex, reflexed ; upper lip of corolla entire : lower 

 lip 3-lobed : lobes rounded ; calycine segments nearly entire ; 

 lower stamens approximate : superior ones divaricate ; stigma 

 emarginate, yellowish, y.. H. Native of Vascony, parasitical 

 on ivy. 



Ity Broom-Rape. PI. 1 foot. 



8 O. GRA'CILIS (Smith, in Lin. trans. 4. p. 172.) pubescent; 

 scape simple ; floral scales shorter than the flowers ; corolla 

 inflated : lower lip very short, with the segments obcordate, 

 unequal, fringed and curled ; stamens and style beset with 

 spreading hairs. I/. . H. Native near Genoa, in hilly pastures 

 at St. Orsese. Corolla size of that of 0. major; but the upper 

 lip is of a dark or purplish colour, and less fringed and curled. 

 Ovarium smooth. Stamens rather exserted. It differs from 

 O. minor in the larger inflated corolla, short lower lip, longer 

 stamens, and hairy style. 



Slender Broom- Rape. PI. 1 to 1^ foot. 



9 O. CY'TISI (Duby, bot. gall. 349.) scape thickened be- 

 yond the base ; scales ovate-oblong, remote, clothed with 

 scurfy hairs ; calycine segments divided into linear segments ; 

 corolla ventricose, glandular outside ; upper lip short, nearly 

 entire : lower one 3-lobed ; stigma deeply divided. I/ . H. 

 Native of Provence, near Mees, in stony places ; Eastern Py- 

 renees, Tolosa, and Vascony. O. foe'tida, Duby, bot. gall. p. 

 349. D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 392. O. variegata, Wallr. diask. p. 

 40. O. cytisi scoparii, Vauch. mon. p. 37. This is the largest 

 of the species. Flowers fulvous. 



Cytisus Broom-Rape. PI. 1| to 2 feet. 



* * Corolla cylindrical, not campanulate, more or less incurred. 



10 O. AMMO'PHILA (C. A. Meyer, in Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 

 889. fl. alt. 2. p. 454.) clothed with white wool ; floral scales 

 ovate-lanceolate, equalling the flowers in length ; sepals bifid : 

 lobes lanceolate, nearly equal, shorter than the tube of the co- 

 rolla, which is incurved and cylindrical ; lips of corolla nearly 

 equal; lobes of lower lip obtuse, denticulated, nearly equal; 

 filaments and style hairy ; stigma sub-bipartite, with very 

 spreading segments. 1. H. Native of Altaia, in sandy places, 

 at the rivers Irtysch and Bekun, and at the mines of Loktewsk. 

 Sepals free. This is said to differ from 0. ccerulea, in the 

 sepals being less deeply cleft ; in the shorter tube of corolla, 



and in being deeper blue ; and in the filaments and style being 

 always hairy. 



Sand-loving Broom-Rape. PI. ^ to 1 foot. 



1 1 O. CBINI'TA (Viv. fl. cors. p. 11.) scape furnished with 

 linear, elongated scales at the base ; floral scales linear, acumi- 

 nated, hairy outside, exceeding the flowers ; corolla 4-cleft, in- 

 curved, subcylindrical ; lobes rounded, crenately ciliated ; fila- 

 ments and capsule quite glabrous; stigma 2-lobed, recurved. 

 1J. H. Native of Corsica, near Bonifacio. Flowers fulvous.? 

 Spike elongated, compact, comose by bracteas at top. 



Long-haired Broom-Rape. PI. -^ to 1 foot. 



12 O. SPARSIFLORA (Wallr. sched. crit. 1. p. 310.) pubescent; 

 flowers remote, spicate ; floral scales equal in length to the 

 flowers ; corolla hairy ; upper lip subemarginate ; lobes of 

 the lower lip obovate : middle one the largest : stamens cili- 

 ated. 1(.. H. Native of Middle Germany. 



Scattered- flowered Broom-Rape. PL ^ to 1 foot. 



13 O. C^RULE'SCEKS (Steph. in. Willd. spec. 3. p. 349.) 

 plant pubescent ; scape simple ; lower scales adpressed : upper 

 ones spreading, and clothed with white villi : floral ones ovate, 

 long-acuminated, length of flowers ; spike dense, elongated ; 

 calyx bifid, with bipartite, subulate, unequal segments, nearly 

 the length of the tube of the corolla ; genitals glabrous ; upper 

 lip of corolla emarginate. If.. H. Native of Siberia, towards 

 the Caspian sea ; and of Caucasus, about the river Terek. 

 Bieb. cauc. 2. p. 82. Spike 3 inches long. Corollas bluish. 

 Floral scales and calyxes white from hairs. 



Bluish-flowered Broom-Rape. PI. -J- to 1 foot. 



14 O. MEDICA'GIXIS (Duby, bot. gall. p. 349.) scape hardly 

 inflated at the base ; lower scales numerous, lanceolate, black- 

 ish : floral ones short, and fewer ; calycine segments 2-lobed ; 

 corolla elongated, with a constricted throat : lower lip 3-lobed ; 

 galea subemarginate ; stigma bifid, reflexed, yellowish-red. )/ . 

 H. Native of France, growing from the roots of Medicago 

 saliva. O. Medicaginis sativae, Vaucher, mon. t. 2. Plant 

 yellowish. 



Lucern Broom-Rape. PI. ^ to 1 foot. 



15 M. MINOR (Suit, in Lin. trans. 4. p. 179. t. 17. f. 1, 

 2, 3.) hairy; scape thickened at the base, moderately scaly ; 

 floral scales lanceolate, pilose ; calycine segments sometimes 

 simple and sometimes bifid ; corolla arcuately cylindrical ; 

 upper lip rounded and crenulated : lower one trifid, with equal, 

 rounded, crenulated lobes ; stamens inserted beyond the base of 

 the corolla, beset with glandular hairs below ; stigma retuse, ex 

 Sutton ; 2-lobed, purplish, with transverse chinks, ex Duby ; 

 anthers blackish; style smooth at top. 1J.. H. Native of Eu- 

 rope, in fields and pastures, growing from the roots of Trifblivm 

 pratense; plentiful in some parts of Britain, as in Norfolk, 

 Smith, engl. bot. 422. O. major, Loefl. hisp. no. 35. O. 

 major, ft, Haller, helv. ed. 1. p. 610. ed. 2d. no. 209. O. bar- 

 bata, Lam. diet. 4. p. 621. O. flore minore, Ray. syn. 288. 

 O. ramosa, /3, Huds. engl. ed. 2. p. 266. O. trifolii-pratensis, 

 Vauch. mon. t. 5. Plant flesh-coloured. Flowers whitish-yel- 

 low, with purple veins, varying to full yellow, finally becoming 

 of a rust-colour or purplish. 



Smaller Broom-Rape. Fl. July, Aug. Britain. PI. to 1 foot. 



16 O. ELA'TIOR (Suit, in Lin. trans. 4. p. 178. t. 17. f. 4.) 

 clothed with clammy hairs ; scape nearly equal ; scales lanceo- 

 late ; flowers remote ; calycine segments bifid, with linear 

 lobes ; corolla tubular, cylindrical, recurved, veiny ; limb pli- 

 cate or fringed ; upper lip emarginate : lower one 3-lobed ; sta- 

 mens beset with hairs below ; stigma bifid, obcordate, brownish- 

 yellow ; style smooth above. If. . H. Native of Europe, in 

 woods and fields, growing from the roots of Centaurea scabiosa ; 

 in England, in clover-fields, thickets, and bushy, hilly places, on 

 a gravelly soil. Smith, engl. bot. 568. Fl. dan. 1334. O. 



