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13 U. subulata L. Minute, creeping; Ivs. few, linear, entire, obtuse ; sc. few, l-5 

 flwd., 3', with ovate bracts ; spur acute, appressed to the lower 3-lobed lip. Springs. 



14 U. resupinata Green. Rooting; Ivs. linear-capillaceous, erect, undivided (10; 

 scapes 00, simple, l-flvd., 1-bracted (360 ; s P ur ascending, remote from and shorter 

 than the erect lips of thy light-purple corolla (which is 4'0. Muddy shores, N. Eng. 



15 U. cornuta MX. Scape rooting, tall (912'), scaly, 2-5-flwd. ; Ivs. fugacious orO; 

 flowers subsessite, palate very prominent ; spur subulate, decurved away from the 

 erect tube and limb. Mud or shallow pools. Flowers large, yellow. 



ORDER LXXXV- OROBANCHACE^E. BROOM-RAPES. 



Herbs fleshy, leafless, growing parasitically upon the roots of other plants. 

 Calyx 4-5-toothed, inferior, persistent. Corolla irregular, persistent, imbri- 

 cate in aestivation. Stamens 4, didynamous. Anthers 2-celled, cells dis- 

 tinct, parallel, often bearded, at base. Ovary 1-celled, free from the calyx, 

 with 2 or 4 parietal placentae. Capsule enclosed within the withered co- 

 rolla, 1-celled, 2-valved. Seeds very numerous and minute, with albumen. 



* Flowers polygamous, on spicate branches, sterile above, fertile below EPIPHEGUS. 1 



* Flowers perfect, in one dense spike. Calyx split in front CO.VOPHOLIS. 2 



a in one dense spike. Calyx 5-toothed PHELIP^EA. 3 



a solitary on long peduncles or scapes APHYLLOUS 4 



1. EPIPHEGUS, Nutt. BEECHDROPS. 359 Upper fls. complete, 

 but sterile, with a tubular, curved, 2-lipped cor. barely including the sta- 

 mens. Lower fls. ? , with a short, 4-toothed cor. and imperfect stamens. 

 Caps. 2-valved, with 2 placentae on each valve. A smooth, dull-red, leaf- 

 less, branching plant, with sessile flowers all along the branches. 



E. Vlrginiana Bart. In beech-woods : common. If. Fls. brownish, 5". Aug., Sept. 



2. CONOPHOLIS, Wallroth. SQUAW-ROOT. Fls. ?, crowded in a 

 thick, scaly spike. Cal. with 2 bractlets at base, 4-toothed, split down in 

 front. Cor. ringent, upper lip arched, notched, lower 3-lobed. Sta. ex- 

 serted. Caps. 1-celled, 2-valved, with 2 placentae on each valve. Stem 

 simple, thick, short, covered with scales, the flowers in the upper axils. 



C. Americana Wai. In old woods: com. 4-7' high, and V thick, pale-yellowish. Jl. 



3. PHELIF.ZEA, Tonrn. BROOM-RAPE. Fls. 5 , spiked or racemed. 

 Cal. 2-bracted at base, 4-5-cleft. Cor. 2-lipped, including the stam. Caps. 

 1-celled, 2-valved, with 2 placentae on each valve. Stem thick, scaly. 



P. Ludoviciana Don. Glandular-pubescent; stem thick, short; spike dense ; cal. 

 5-cleft ; cor. funnel-form, lips subequal ; bracts ovate, obtuse. Alluvion, 111. 



4. APHYLLON, Mitchell. NAKED BROOM-RAPE. Fls. $ , solitary, on 

 long, bractless ped. or scapes. Cal. 5-cleft. Cor. tube elongated, curved, 

 limb spreading, subequally 5-lobed. Anthers included. Capsule with 4 

 placentae. Plants glandular-pubescent. Stem nearly subterraneous. 



1 A. uniflora T. & G. Ped. in pair*, simple, naked, each 1-flwd. Woods and thick- 



ets. Ped. 45', scape-like, purplish-yellow, like the nodding flowers. June. 



2 A. rascictilata T. & G. Stem 2 3' high, bearing many peduncles from near the 



summit, each with few scales and 1 purple flower. Mich., and W. 4-- -6'. May. 



