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raving mad, and the two others with symptoms of lock-jaw. 

 The best antidote for it is said to be vinegar. 



The BROOM-RAPE order comes next ; it contains but two 

 families, that of the Broom-rape, and that of the Toothwort. 

 These are parasitical plants, growing on the roots of others. 

 The seeds lie in the ground until they come in contact with 

 some root congenial to them, when they forthwith germinate. 

 They have no leaves, only scales or bracts, and there is no 

 shade of green in any part of the plant. 



The first of the Broom-rapes that we shall speak of is the 

 Bed species (Orobanche rubra). In a " Week at the Lizard " 

 it is mentioned that this grows on the Magnesian rocks, between 

 Kynance and the Lizard Point, so Fanny diligently sought it 

 there. Her search was rewarded by a sturdy specimen. The 

 flowers, stem, and scales were the colour of iron rust ; the 

 upper lip of the corolla was cloven, and the lower cut into 

 three segments. 



Afterwards she found the Tall Broom-rape (O. elatior), in a 

 bushy field near Clevedon. Its stem is whitish, tinged with lilac, 

 and the flowers are all pale, and with lilac stripes and blotches. 



Near Warminster the Lesser Broom-rape (O. miiior), grows 

 freely in Clover fields. It is slighter in form than those I 

 have mentioned, and of a uniform brown hue. 



The Greater Broom-rape (O. major), grows upon Furze 

 roots near a field path leading from Horningsham to Maiden 

 Bradley, in Wiltshire ; it is tall and stout in habit, and ot 

 a purplish-brown colour. 



There is a Clove-scented Broom-rape, parasitic on roots of 

 the Hedge Bedstraw and Bramble ; Sir J. E. Smith gives Kent 

 as its native county ; and there are a Purple and a Branched 

 Broom-rape, both having three bracts to each flower, while the 

 rest have but one. The Purple species requires sea air, whilst 

 the branched one is content wherever it can find roots of 

 Hemp (O. ramosa). 



The Toothwort (Lathrsea squamaria), grows in woods near 



