OROBANCHACEyE 167 



Stigma yellow or whitish. 



0. Rapum Thuill. On Broom, Genista, etc. Tall, coarse, with large brown 

 flowers. 



O. cruentaBert, (Plate XXIII). On various Leguminosae. Reddish-yellow 

 and glandular without, often blood-red, glabrous and shining within. 



O. variegata Walbroth. On woody Leguminosae, e.g. Spartium junceum, 

 Dorycnium suffruticoswn, etc. 



O. concolor Duby. On Scabiosa Columbaria, Coronilla scorpioides, Trifolium 

 scabrum, etc. Plant pale yellow. 



O. Hederse Duby. On Ivy. Spike long. Flowers pale yellow veined with 

 violet. Forest of Ste.-Baume, Hyeres, Sollies-Toucas. 



O. Salviae Schult. On Salvia glutinosa at St. Martin Lantosque, etc. 

 Stigma purplish or violet. 



O. speciosa DC. On peas, beans, and vetches. Sometimes in great quanti- 

 ties and doing much damage to the crops. Very variable in colour and size, but 

 distinctly handsome and sometimes 2 ft. high. Flowers usually whitish, veined 

 with mauve. Stems usually reddish-violet, sometimes yellow with white or 

 yellowish flowers. 1 



O. Caryophyllacea Sm. On Galium and other Rubiaceae. Plant yellow 

 or reddish, scented. Corolla pale yellow or red. 



0. sanguinea Presl. (O. crinita Viv .). On Lotus Allioni. Stigma blood- 

 red. Rare. Only known in France in 3 places in the Var and He de Port-Cros. 



O. epithymum DC. On Thymus and Satureia. Flowers reddish. 



O. fuliginosa Reut. On Senecio Cineraria in les lies d'Hyeres and He 

 Ste. Marguerite, rare. Flowers purple-brown. 



O. Teucrii Holandre. On Teucrium. Rare. Flowers reddish-brown. 



0. Ritro G. G. On Echinops Ritro. Rare, near Toulon. Plan d'Aups, 

 Plan de Lagnes, etc. Stems robust, reddish. Flowers variable. 



O. major L. (O. elatior Sutton). On Centaurea Scabiosa, aspera, and 

 t'ollina. Plant yellow. Corolla reddish-brown. 



O. picridis Schult. On Picris and other allied plants. Plant very pale. 

 O. loricata Reichb. On Artemisia campestris and glutinosa. Rare in the 

 Var. Flowers yellow, streaked with violet. 



O. versicolor Schult. (O. pubescens Urv.). On Crepis bulbosa, near 

 Hyeres, Toulon, Porquerolles, Le Luc. 2 Rare. 



O. minor Sm. On various plants, very commonly on clover, and even 

 seen on Quercus Ilex (Jahandiez). Flowers small, very variable. 



O. amethystea Thuill. On Eryngium campestre. Flowers whitish, washed 

 and veined with lilac. Stigma reddish. 



PHELIP/EA C.A. Mey. 



P. ceerulea C. A. Mey. = O. caerulea Vill. On Milfoil in the mountain 

 region. Stigma whitish. Flowers steel-blue. 



P. arenaria Walpers = O. arenaria Bork. On Artemisia glutinosa. 

 Stigma yellow. Flowers wine-red. 



P. nana Reichb. = P. olbiensis G. G. On Helichrysum Stoechas, 

 Phagnalon saxatile, Ornithopus compressus, etc., rare, in sandy places. 



^ee " Orobanches," by H. S. Thompson, in " Knowledge," Feb., 1914. 

 8 See " L'Orobanche pubescens D'Urv. en Provence; sa validit6 nominale 

 et sp^cifique," by Alf. Reynier in " Bull. Soc. Bot. de France," 1913, pp. 325-30. 



