262 DIDYN VMI A ANGIOSPERMIA. [CL. XIT. 



tube, and five small, acute segments. Filaments awl-shaped, 

 arising from the mouth of the tube, almost equal, approaching 

 each other in pairs ; anthers roundish, two-lobed. Germen egg- 

 shaped, obtuse. Style tapering, short ; stigma globose, cleft. 

 Capsule egg-shaped, two-celled, two-valved ; the partition from 

 the inflected margin of the valves. Seeds numerous, oblong, 

 furrowed, attached to a large, egg-shaped, central receptacle. 

 Name, from limus, mud. 312. 



1. L. aqudtica. Mudwort. Leaves lance-shaped. Root fibrous, 



throwing out long naked runners: leaves of long stalks: flowers on 

 shortish axillar stalks: corolla whitish. Annual: flowers in July and 

 August : grows in muddy places, which have been covered by water : 

 frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. v. pi. 357. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 145. 921. 



34. OROBA'NCHE. BROOM-RAPE. 



Calyx of two opposite, acute, permanent leaves. Corolla 

 gaping, withering; tube egg-shaped, curved; upper lip concave, 

 notched ; lower lip reflected, with three unequal lobes. Nectary 

 a gland under the germen. Filaments awl-shaped, concealed 

 under the upper lip ; anthers two-lobed, rounded at the top, 

 pointed below. Germen oblong. Style cylindrical, incurved, as 

 long as the stamens; stigma large, with two or three globular 

 lobes. Capsule egg-shaped, pointed, one-celled, two-valved. 

 Seeds very numerous, minute, covering the two longitudinal 

 receptacles. Name, from orobos, a vetch, and angchein, to 

 strangle. 313. 



1. 0. major. Greater Broom-rape. Stem simple; corolla inflated, its 

 upper lip slightly notched, the lower with acute, nearly equal segments ; 



stamens smooth, style downy. Stem about a foot high, erect, dusky, 



fleshy, covered with short, glandular hairs, and scattered, lance-shaped, 

 erect scales: spike terminal, of about twenty flowers, with a purplish- 

 brown corolla. Perennial : flowers in June and July : grows in gravelly 

 soil, on the roots of broom and furze: frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. vi. pi. 421. 

 Eng. Ft. vol. iii. p. 146. 922. 



2. 0. carifxpliyUacea. Clove-scented Broom-rnpe. Stem simple ; tube 

 of the corolla inflated above, its upper lip broad, notched, its lower with 

 three lobes; stamens hairy; style downy; stigma dark-purple. Pe- 

 rennial : flowers in July : discovered by Mr. G. E. Smith on the roots of 

 Galium Molliigo, Rubusfruticosiu, &c. in South Kent. Eng. Bot. Suppl. 

 pi. 2639. Brit. Fl. 4th ed. p. 241. 923. 



3. 0. eldtior. Tall Broom-rape. Stem simple ; corolla funnel-shaped, 

 its lower lip with segments; stamens downy; style smooth. Peren- 

 nial : flowers in July and August: grows on gravelly soil, but not on 

 the roots of broom or furze. Lng. Bot. vol. viii. pi. 568. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. 

 p. 147. 924. 



4. 0. minor. Less Broom-rape. Stem simple ; corolla nearly cylin- 

 drical, its lower lip with curled segments, the middle one largest and 

 lobed : stamens fringed: style smooth. Perennial : flowers in July and 

 August : grows in clover fields in England and Wales : frequent. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. vi. pi. 422. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 148. 925, 



