OROBANCHEJE. I. OROBAKCHE. II. PHELIP^A. 



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cine segments bifid : lobes of corolla acutish ; stamens glabrous. 

 1^. H. Native of Podolia, Bessarabia, Tauria, and Caucasus. 

 O. cretica procerior non ramosa. caule tenui, flore parvo sub- 

 caeruleo, Tourn. cor. p. 10. Scapes simple. Corolla blue : 

 upper lip bifid. 



Sand Broom-Rape. PI. 1 foot. ? 



29 O. SASGUI'SEA (Presl. del prag. p. 176.) pubescent; 

 scape simple, scaly ; floral scales about equal in length to the 

 flowers ; spike dense ; lobes of corolla equal, obtuse, denticu- 

 lated ; stamens quite glabrous. "%.. H. Native of Sicily. 



Bloody Broom-Rape. PI. 1 to l foot. ? 



30 O. RC'BI (Duby, bot. gall. p. 350.) scape thickened into a 

 scaly bulb, beset with white hairs ; scales numerous, blackish ; 

 calycine segments bifid ; upper lip of corolla bifid : lower one 

 3-lobed : lobes roundish, erose ; stamens adnate above the base; 

 stigma 2-lobed, yellowish. If. . H. Native of Provence, in corn- 

 fields near Luc, parasitical on the roots of Rubus fruticbtut. O. 

 rubi fruticosi, Vauch. mon. t. 9. Scapes reddish. Flowers 

 pale yellow. 



Bramble Broom-Rape. PL 1 foot. ? 



31 O. ERY'SGII (Duby, bot. gall. p. 350.) scape incurved at 

 the base, scaly ; scales numerous, lanceolate, half adherent ; ca- 

 lycine segments deeply bifid : lobes linear ; upper lip of corolla 

 arched, hardly bifid : lower lip 3-lobed, subplicate ; stigma 2- 

 lobed, reddish. 1.H. Native of the southern provinces of 

 France, parasitical on the roots of Eryngium campestre. O. 

 Eryngii campestris, Vaucher. mon. p. 58. t. 10. Scapes red, 

 hairy. Flowers reddish white. 



Eryngo Broom-Rape. PI. 1 foot. ? 



32 O. COSCOLOR (Duby, bot. gall. p. 350.) scape dilated at 

 the base, scaly, slender ; scales numerous, lanceolate, blackish- 

 yellow ; flowers numerous ; calycine segments hairy, generally 

 bifid ; corolla yellow ; upper lip somewhat 2-lobed : lower lip 

 3-lobed, elongated ; stamens and ovarium 2-lobed ; stigma yel- 

 low. Tf.. H. Native of Provence, parasitical on the roots of 

 Scabicsa columbaria, Chcerophyllum syhestre, and Mentha arren- 

 tis. O. scabiosae Columbaria, Vauch. mon. p. 59. t. 11. Plant 

 wholly yellow. 



Self-coloured Broom-Rape. PI. 1 foot. ? 



33 O. PEDUSCULA'TA (Roxb. fl. ind. 3. p. 29.) smooth ; scape 

 simple, furnished with a few tapering, fleshy scales ; floral scales 

 triangular ; calyx spath-formed, l4eaved, opening by a single 

 slit on the inner side : corolla with an inflated tube, as long as 

 the calyx ; limb 5-parted, nearly equal : segments reniform, 

 finely toothed on the edges ; filaments smooth ; stigma broad, 

 cordate, peltate. If. . S. Native of Bengal, parasitical upon 

 the roots of Andropbgon muricatiu. Peduncles length of stem, 

 1-flowered. Flowers very large. Corolla with a yellow tube, 

 and a deep violet limb. Calyx filled with a clear clammy liquor. 

 Stamens inclosed. Anthers connected, entangled by a long, 

 horizontal, fleshy appendage, into which the filaments are in- 

 serted. Capsule ovate. Perhaps a species of sEginetia. 



Peduncled Broom-Rape. PI. ^ to \ foot. 



SECT. II. Sepals combined in the back part towards the base ; 

 not in front, as in the sect. 1. ; the front part being free. 



34 O. BI'COLOR (C. A. Meyer, in Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 390. fl. 

 alt. 2. p. 4-58.) plant scurfy ; floral scales ovate, acute, about 

 twice as long as the flowers ; calycine segments bifid or undi- 

 vided : lobes lanceolate, nearly equal ; corolla cylindrical, in- 

 curved ; upper lip the longest, 2-lobed : lobes of the lower lip 

 small, nearly orbicular, denticulated, nearly equal ; filaments pu- 

 berulous at the base, but glabrous at top, as well as the style ; 

 stigma emarginate. 11. H. Native of Altaia, in the Soonga- 

 rian desert, in argillaceous and sandy soil, on the banks of the 



river Tschuganka, towards the foot of Mount Tschingistan ; and 

 of Spain. ? O. cemua, Pall. ind. taur. Lin. spec. 882. ? 

 Loefl. itin. 2. p. 229.? Corollas white or pale violet: limb 

 small, deep violet. Stigma yellow. 



Two-coloured- flowered Broom-Rape. PI. 5 to f foot. 



35 O. ME'DIA (Desf. fl. all. p. 59.) scape simple, hairy, stri- 

 ated, firm ; scales adpressed, ovate or ovate-lanceolate ; flowers 

 densely spicate ; floral scales ovate, concave, length of calyx ; 

 calyx 2-leaved : leaflets bifid : lobes narrow, acute ; corolla 

 curved, twice as long as the calyx ; upper lip 2-lobed : lower 

 one 3-lobed : lobes rounded, nearly equal ; stamens inclosed. 

 If. . H. Native of Barbary, near Cafsa, in sandy places. Co- 

 rollas size of those of Pheltpcea ramasa, pale yellow. 



Intermediate Broom-Rape. PI. 1 to 1| foot. ? 



} Species hardly known. 



. 36 O. PURPU'REA (Lin. suppl. 288. syst. 573.) stem simple 

 and branched, villous ; flowers racemose ; pedicels opposite ; 

 corolla quadrifid, campanulate ; anthers spurred. If. . G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Plant purplish-red, with large 

 flowers, becoming black on drying. 

 Purple Broom-Rape. PI. 



37 O. CAPE'XSIS (Thunb. prod. 97.) stem simple, villous ; 

 corolla curved, clavate. % . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



Cape Broom-Rape. PI. 



38 O. INTERRU'PTA (Pers. cnch. 2. p. 181.) stem branched, 

 flexuous ; spike of flowers interrupted. Tf. . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. O. ramosa, Thunb. prod. 97. but not of 

 Lin. 



Interrupted-spiked Broom-Rape. PI. 1 foot. ? 



39 O. LOKGIFLORA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 181.) stem hairy, 

 branched a little ; tube of corolla flaccid, very long. TL G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Long-Jlorcered Broom-Rape. PI. 



40 O. ^GYPTI ACA (Pers. 1. c.) many-stemmed ; flowers OB 

 long peduncles ; calyx 5-cleft; anthers bearded at top. If.. G. 

 Native of Egvpt. Filaments glabrous. Perhaps a species of 

 Phelipafa. 



Egyptian Broom-Rape. PI. 



Cult. Singular parasitical plants, none of which are properly 

 cultivatable. 



II. PHELIP.fr A (so named by Tournefort, after the illus- 

 trious family Phelipeaux ; great patrons of the natural sci- 

 ences, and of Tournefort.) Tourn. inst. p. 47. Desf. fl. 

 ad. 2. p. 60. t. 145. Led. fl. alt. 2. p. 459. Orobanche, 

 Lin. and other authors. Gaertn. frucU 3. p. 43. t. 185. f. 4. 

 Lam. ilL t. 971. 



Lur. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx bibracteate, 

 tubular, 4-5-cleft or 4-5-toothed. Corolla bilabiate ; upper lip 

 bifid : lower one trifid. Stigma capitate, 2-lobed. Capsule 1- 

 celled, 2-valved ; valves dehiscing at top, but cohering at the 

 base ; placentas parietal, 2 in each valve. Plants with the 

 habit of Orobanche ; but are readily distinguished by the tubu- 

 lar, bibracteate calyx, and in the capsule dehiscing at top in- 

 stead of at the side. 



SECT. I. TRIOXY'CHION (from rptis rpto, treif tria, three : and 

 owxiov, onychion, a little claw ; in reference to there being 3 

 bracteas to each flower ; that is, 2 bracteas to the calyx, and one 

 floral scale.) Ledeb. fl. alt. 2. p. 460. Orobanche, sect. Triony- 

 chion, Wallr. diask. p. 58. Vauch. mon. p. 65. Kopsia, Du- 



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