122 Günther Beck-Mannagetta. — Orobanchaceae. 



0. japonensis Makino in Journ. Japan. Bot. VI. Nr. 7. (1929) 9. — "A leafless 

 root-parasite, erect, attaining about 27 cm in height. Rhizome tumid, with short thick 

 roots, laxly scaly. Stem solitarj, simple, laxly scaly, angulate and deep-brown when 

 dried, very thinly pubescent; scales adpressed, subulate, thinly pubescent. Spike about 

 14 — 18 cm long, erect, many-flowered; rachis angulate and deep-brown when dried, 

 thinly tomentoso-pubesdent with pale hairs. Flower 1-bracteate; bract subulate, long- 

 acuminate, thinly tomentoso-pubescent with pale hairs. Galyx 2, ovate or narrowly ovate, 

 slightly longer or shorter than the bract, bifid with acuminato-subulate lobes, thinly 

 tomentoso-pubescent with pale hairs. Corolla 16 — 18 mm long, erect patently turned 

 laterally, purple, very thinly tomentoso-pubescent with white hairs externally; tubes nar- 

 row, arcuate, about 3 mm across in the middle portion, ± enlarged towards the upper; 

 limb gapingly 2-labiate; upper lip short, subemarginate, about 6 mm broad; lobes suberoso- 

 subtruncate; lower lip triparted, patent; lobes ovate-rectangular, subtruncato-emarginate 

 at the apex, about 4 mm long. Stamens included, reaching under the throat, slightly 

 lower than the style; filament filiform; anther small. Ovary ovato-elliptical, acute at the 

 apex, glabrous, about 6 mm long; style stout-filiform, glabrous, hardly exceeding the 

 throat in height, 10 mm long; stigma dilated. Capsule ovato-elliptical, about 10 mm 

 long, 4 mm across, with very minute and very numerous seed." 



Planta nutriens. Artemisia vulgaris L. v. indica Max. \ 



Japan: in der Provinz Shinano (M. Kitagawa), Junio. Japanischer Name Yomogi- 

 utsubo. 



Nota. E diagnosi vix aegreque sufficiente discrimina graviora ab 0. coerulescente investi- 

 gare non possum. 



39. 0. cernua Loefling, Iter hisp. (1758) 152; G. Beck, Monogr. Orob. (1890) 141. 

 — Caulis singulus vel plures aggregati, — 41 cm altus, robustus — 2,5 cm crassus, vel 

 tenuior et gracilis, in basi vix vel paulo incrassatus, furfuraceo-glandulosus, rarius sub- 

 glaber, striatus, nunc copiose nunc parce squamatus. Squamae ovales vel ovali-lanceo- 

 latae, breviter vel longius acuminatae, integrae vel in margine denticulatae, crassae, 

 furfuraceo-glandulosae, rarius glabrescentes, cauli accumbentes, 5 — 10 mm longae. Spica 

 cylindracea, serius saepe elongata, — 27 cm longa, densi- vel plus minus laxiflora, saepe 

 densissima, semper multiflora, in apice rotundata vel breviter acuminata. Flores primum 

 erecto-patentes, demum patentes 10 — 2 4 mm longi. Bracteae floribus breviores, ovales 

 vel suborbiculares, squamis superis aequales. Calycis partes liberae, rarius antice vel 

 postice breviter coalitae, ovali-lanceolatae, integrae vel plus minus profunde bidentatae, 

 ochroleucae vel coerulescentes, parce glandulosae; eius dentes acuminati, ad apicem 

 versus saepe subulati, trinervii, tubo corollino semper, saepe ter breviores, rarius lon- 

 giores, sicci saepe coriacei. Corolla sub staminum insertione imprimis post anthesim 

 inflata, in media parte constricta et hinc plus minus pronus curvata, saepe genuflexa, 

 patens, fauce saepe iterum deflexa et limbo saepe parvulo, in basi subscariosa alba 

 nitens, faucem versus coeruleo-amethystina et in siccitate fuscescens, extus parce glan- 

 dulosa glabrescens ; labium superum bilobum rarius emarginatum, lobis erecto-patentibus, 

 in margine glabro inaequaliter crenulatis; laciniae labii inferi subaequales, rotundatae 

 vel acutiusculae, margine inaequaliter repandae vel crenatae, rarius profundius lobatae, 

 plicatae. Plicae amplae, glabrae saepe luteolae. Stamina paulo infra medium tubi in- 

 serta; filamenta glabra, rarius basi incrassata, cum corollae parte subjiciente pilosa, supra 

 glabra vel pilis glanduliferis perpaucis obsita; antherae obovatae, breviter acuminatae, 

 breviter mucronulatae, glabrae vel circa suturas parce pilosulae in siccitate albae; con- 

 nectivum saepe in apiculum breve elongatum; pollen 20 — 25 [ä\ cellulae endothecii ad 

 mucronem incrassatae. Germen ellipsoideum vel ovatum; placentae separatae; Stylus 

 pronus curvatus, glaber vel parce glanduloso-pilosus ; stigma bilobum, lobis papilloso- 

 verruculosis, post anthesim elongatis, albis vel pallidis. Capsula 8 — 10 mm longa, per- 

 fecte bivalvis vel valvis styli basi conjunctis, calycem longitudine aequans vel eo longior; 

 semina ellipsoideo-subrotunda, 0,35 — 0,45 mm longa; cellulae testae dense punctato- 

 porosae. — Fig. 1 3 B, C. 



