Plants of the Punjab. 



647 



LEAFLESS PLANTS. 

 Herbs. 



Petals united. 



Cuscuta europaea, 

 Greater Dodder, 



CoNVOLVULACEiE. 



F. B. L iv. 227. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-12,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



Cuscuta planiflora, 



CONVOLVULACE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 227. 

 The Plains to 

 6,000 ft. 



Lathraea squamosa, 

 or squamaria, 

 Common Toothwort 



SCROPHULAIUACE.B. 



F. B. L iv. 318. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-9,000 ft. 

 Baghi Forest 

 (Collett). 

 Hattu. 



like the last species, but styles shorter than the stignaas. 



^ginetia 

 pedunculata, 



Orobanchaceve. 

 p. B. I. iv. 320. 

 The Plains to 

 7,000 ft. 

 Murree. 



Cistanche or 

 Phelipaea tubulosa, 



Orobanchace^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 324. 

 The Plains. 

 Lahore (Thomson). 



very hke the last species, but styles short, stigmas 

 longer, corolla tube much longer than the calvx. 



perennial, pale pink, leafless, parasitic on the roots 

 of trees, stems creeping underground, fleshy, covered 

 with short thick scales, much branched, branches erect, 

 aerial, 4-12 in. with a few thin scales bearing terminal 

 racemes of flowers ; flowers f in creamy white tipped with 

 pink purple, many in bracteate racemes, lengthening and 

 straightening as they open, calyx 2-lipped, 4-lobed, tubular, 

 hairy, corolla 2-lipped, upper lip entire, lower 3-lobed, 

 both lips almost erect, stamens 4, m unequal pairs, near 

 the top of the tube, anthers slightly touching, hairy ; 

 capsule ovoid, 2-valved, The scales have small cavities 

 lined with glands like those of insectivorous plants, remains 

 of insects are found in these cavities, the proteid matter 

 possibly absorbed by the glands. 



annual, leafless, parasitic on the roots of grasses, small, 

 3-6 in. high, red or yellow, stem very short, I in. thick, 

 creeping underground, scapes short, stout, very fleshy; 

 flowers 1|-2| in. long, yellow with blue, on long slender 

 stalks 1-4 in., at the base bracts ^-| in., ovate, blunt, calyx 

 spoon-shaped, split down the front, fleshy, corolla tube 

 broad, uncurved, 2-lipped, lobes 5, broad, 2-upper united, 

 stamens 4, unequal, stjde long, tip curved, stigma 2-lobed ; 

 capsule ovoid, 2-valved. 



annual, large, leafless, smooth or velvety, parasitic, 

 stem 12-60 by |-3i)i., unbranched, scaly, scales |-1 in., 

 lanceolate ; flowers 1-1| in,, yellow, in crowded spikes 

 6-10 by 1-3 in., bracts |-| in., lanceolate, longer than the 

 calyx, bracteoles linear, narrower and shorter, calyx l-f in., 

 broadly tubular-bell-shaped, lobes 5, nearly equal, blunt 



