20 Günther ßeck-Mannagetta. — Orobanchaceae. 



Sect. 2. Pseudoaeginetia G. Beck. 



Germen uniloculare cum placentis 2 bicruribus lamellosis vel in parte basali bilo- 

 culare cum dissepimento transversali et placentis duabus centralibus crassis. Flores 

 brevius pedicellati. 



3. A. pedunculata (Roxb.) Wallich, PI. asiat. rar. III. (1832) 13, t. 219; Walpers, 

 Repert. III. 481; Reuter in DG. Prodr. XI. 43; Wight, Illustr. I. ,11, t. 158 b, fig. 6 et 

 Icon., t. 1421 ; Hook. f. Fl. brit. Ind. IV. 320 (excl. syn.); Forbes et Hemsley, Enum. pl. 

 from China in Transact. Linn. Soc. XXVI. (1890) 221; G. King et J. S. Gamble, Mat. 

 for a flora of the Malayan penins. (1909) 575; Livera, Aegin. 149 et 154. — Oro- 

 banche pedunculata Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 45 et Fl. ind. III. 29. — Orobanche 

 acaulis Roxb. Plants of Gorom. III. (1819) 89, t. 292; idem, Hort. Beng. 45 et Fl. 

 ind. III. 2 8 sec. Hook. f. Fl. brit. Ind. IV. 320. — Rhizoma tuberosum. Gaulis simplex, 

 subnullus, abbreviatus vel — 4 cm altus subcylindraceus, parce squamatus, cum racemo 

 — 22 cm longus, flavus vel ruber, glaber. Bracteae ovali- trianguläres, acutae vel ob- 

 tusae, in margine saepe ciliatae 0,5 — 1,7 cm longae. Racemus — 11-florus rare uni- 

 florus, erectus; pedicelli floribus longitudine breviores vel summo bis longiores, 2,5 — 

 10,2 cm longi. Flores maximi, 4 — 5,5 cm longi. Calyx spathaceus, antice fissus, 

 tubum corollae longitudine aequans, liquore viscoso repletus, in basi attenuatus, ruber 

 vel luteus, 3,6 — 6,1 cm longus, in apice indistincte et inaequaliter lobatus et parce 

 pilosus, dentibus obtusis, acutis vel breviter rostratis praeditus. Gorolla glabra, infra 

 inflata, in basi contracta, in insertione staminum constricta, sursum porro ampliata, 

 tubo luteo, calycem aequante praedita; limbus 5-partitus, obscure violaceus; laciniae 

 subaequales, latissimae, orbiculari-reniformes, inconspicue denticulato-crenulatae, im- 

 bricatae. Stamina in parte corollae constricta 6 — 7 mm supra basim corollae inserta, 

 brevia, inclusa; filamenta glabra; theca fertilis breviter mucronulata; sterilis in cristam 

 plus minus latam saepe falcatam elongata, sec. Livera subconica; pollen 25 — 31 f-i. 

 Germen uniloculare (Fig. 3 .£7) placentis 2 bicruribus lamellosis praeditum vel in parte 

 basali biloculare placentis duabus crassis centralibus munitum (sec. Hooker in quavis 

 valva 2). Stylus glaber. Stigma magnum, cordato-peltatum. Capsula ovata; semina fusca. 



Plantae nutrientes. Crescit ad radices Oraminum. Bambuseae complures et 

 Andropogon squarrosus L. f. (= A. muricatus Retz) sec. Wal lieh, Saccharum offi- 

 cinarum L. sec. Roxburgh, Gramineae alterae sec. Meebold, Piper sp. sec. Koor- 

 ders nutriunt. 



Wächst in Ostindien bis Burma, in der Malayischen Halbinsel bis Cochin- 

 china und in Java, China, auf den Philippinen. 



Ostindien: Wallich n. 3965!, bei Sylhet, um Paulghautscherry (Wight n. 2407), 

 in East Bengal (Griffith n. 4092, Hooker f. u. Thomson), bei Coorg (Wallich 

 n. 2343), Maysor, Carnatic (Hooker f. u. Thomson); Assam (Jenkins); Sikkim (Clarke) ; 

 Travancore. — Burma: Upper Burma bei Meiktils (nach Collett et Hemsley in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. XXVIII. [1891] 101). — Auf der Malayischen Halbinsel (nach G. King et 

 J. S. Gamble, Mat. for fl. Malay. penins. [1909] 575); bei Singapore. — Java (nach 

 Lobb n. 377, Koorders). — Cochinchina: bei Cavalay in 3000 — 4000' Seehöhe, im 

 November 1910 (A. Meebold n. 13 215 im Herb. Berlin!). — China: Kwangsi 

 (Mesny, nach Forbes et Hemsley, Enum. pl. from China, in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 XXVI. [1890] 221). 



Var. ? abbreviata Buch.-Hamilt. in Wallich, Catal. n. 3965; Walpers in Nov. 

 Acta Acad. Leop. Carol. XIX. suppl. 1, 400; F. Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 149; Benth. 

 Scroph. Ind., 55; Reuter in DC. Prodr. XI. 43; Walpers, Repert. III. 481; Livera, 

 Aeg. 149 et 155. — Scapo brevissimo ramoso vel simplici squamato, corollae amplae 

 limbo bilabiato, labio inferiore amplo, trilobo differre dicitur, sed sec. Hook. f. Fl. brit. 

 Ind. 1. IV. 320 ab Aeg. pedunculata non differt. India. Antherae etc. incognitae; 

 propterea plane dubia. 



