Orobanche.] OROBANCHEjE. 309 



toothed ; upper lip arched, scarcely notched. — Disteib. From Holland 

 southd. (excl. Greece, Turkey), N. Africa. — Reichenbach figures the lobes of 

 lower lip as small and equal, aud flower as red-brown. I take this to be O. 

 ma'jor of Linnaeus, who states that it is parasitic especially on Leguminosa^ 

 and quotes for it the Rapum genista of Lobel. There are no specimens in 

 Linn. Herb. 



2. O. ela'tior, Sutt. ; yellow, sepals 2-fid 2-3-nerved as long as the 

 corolla-tube, lobes of lip subequal acute, filaments glandular below gla- 

 brous above, stigma yellow. 



Parasitic on Centaurea Scabiosa, chiefly in the E. counties from York and 

 Durham to Sussex and Somerset, rare ; S. "Wales ; fl. June-Aug. — Habit of 

 O. major, of which it is probably a sub-species ; but bracts shorter than 

 the corolla, which is narrower, more compressed above, the lobes more 

 toothed, and the upper lip deeply notched, with inflexed margins. — Distrib. 

 From Denmark southd., Caucasus, Siberia. 



3. O. caryophylla'cea, Sm. ; brown, sepals 2-fid several-nerved shorter 

 than the corolla-tube, lobes of lower lip subequal waved and toothed, 

 filaments hairy below glandular above, stigma purple. 0. Gal'ii, Duby. 

 On Galia, Rubi, &c, Kent ; fl. June. — Stem 6-12 in., stout. Spike lax-fld. ; 



bracts shorter than the corolla. Corolla 1 in., tube broad, curved ; lobes 

 large, reddish-brown or purplish, spreading ; under lip arched, notched. — 

 Distrib. From Denmark southd. (excl. Greece), N. and "W. Asia. 



4. O. ru'bra, Sm. ; red, sepals entire 1-nerved subulate longer than 

 the corolla-tube, lips toothed crisped, of mid-lobe lower longest, fila- 

 ments subpilose below, glandular above, stigma pale red. 0. Epithy J - 

 mum, DC. 



On Thymus, chiefly on the W. coast ; W. Ross to Cornwall : Ireland ; fl. June- 

 Aug.— Stem 4-8 in. Spike lax-fld. Flowers odorous. Corolla §-§ in., 

 equalling or shorter than the bracts, dull red ; tube broad, curved ; lobes 

 small ; upper lip arched, almost entire. — Distrib. From Belgium southd., 

 W. Asia. 



5. O. mi'nor, Sutt. ; yellow-brown or purplish, slender, sepals 1- or 

 more-nerved with long slender points, corolla- tube contracted in the 

 middle, filaments more or less hairy below, stigma subglobose. 



On various plants in many counties, from the Border southd. ; Ireland 

 (one sub-sp.) ; fl. June-Oct. — Stem %-2 ft., rather slender. Spike elongate, 

 many-fld., lax or dense. Flowers §-£ in. — Distrib. From Denmark 

 southd., N. Africa, W. Asia. 



O. mi'nor proper ; bracts equalling or exceeding the corolla whose tube is 

 gently curved, limb white or yellowish, lobes of upper lip spreading, of 

 lower nearly equal toothed and waved, stigmas purple. — On clover. 



Sub-sp. O. amethvs'tea, Thuill. ; corolla much curved in the lower third, 

 upper two-thirds nearly straight, mid-lobe of lower lip much the largest. 

 O. Eryn'gii, Duby. — Cornwall to Kent ; Channel Islands. 



Sub-sp. O. pi'cridis, F. Schultz ; very pale, bracts about equalling the flowers, 

 6epals entire or 2-cleft exceeding the slightly-curved corolla-tube 1-nerved, 



