OKOBANCHE.] OROBANCHE^. 309 



toothed ; upper lip arched, scarcely notched. DISTRIB. From Holland 

 southd. .(excl. Greece, Turkey), N. Africa. Reichenbach figures the lobes of 

 lower lip as small and equal, and flower as red-brown. I take this to be O. 

 ma'jor of Linna3us, who states that it is parasitic especially on Leyuminosa, 

 and quotes for it the Rapum genista of Lobel. There are no specimens in 

 Linn. Herb. 



2. O. ela'tior, Suit. ; yellow, sepals 2-fid 2-3-nerved as long as the 

 corolla-tube, lobes of lip subequal acute, filaments glandular below gla- 

 brous above, stigma yellow. 



Parasitic on Centaur ea Scabiosa, chiefly in the E. counties from York and 

 Durham to Sussex and Somerset, rare ; S. "Wales ; fl. June-Aug. Habit of 

 O. major, of which it is probably a sub-species ; but bracts shorter than 

 the corolla, which is narrower, more compressed above, the lobes more 

 toothed, and the upper lip deeply notched, with inflexed margins. DISTRIB. 

 From Denmark southd., Caucasus, Siberia. 



3. O. caryophylla'cea, Sm. ; brown, sepals 2-fid several-nerved shorter 

 than the corolla-tube, lobes of lower lip subequal waved and toothed, 

 filaments hairy below glandular above, stigma purple. 0. Gal'ii, Duby. 

 On Galia, Rubi, &c., Kent ; fl. June. Stem 6-12 in., stout. Spike lax-fld. ; 



bracts shorter than the corolla. Corolla 1 in., tube broad, curved ; lobes 

 large, reddish-brown or purplish, spreading ; under lip arched, notched. 

 DISTRIB. From Denmark southd. (excl. Greece), N. and W. Asia. 



4. O. ru'bra, Sm. ; red, sepals entire 1-nerved subulate longer than 

 the corolla-tube, lips toothed crisped, of mid-lobe lower longest, fila- 

 ments subpilose below, glandular above, stigma pale red. 0. Epithy'- 

 mum, DC. 



On Thymus, chiefly on the W. coast ; "W. Ross to Cornwall ; Ireland ; fl. June- 

 Aug.Stem 4-8 in. Spike lax-fld. Flowers odorous. Corolla - in., 

 equalling or shorter than the bracts, dull red ; tube broad, curved ; lobes 

 small ; upper lip arched, almost entire. DISTRIB. From Belgium southd., 

 W. Asia. 



5. O. mi'nor, Butt. ; yellow-brown or purplish, slender, sepals 1- or 

 more-nerved with long slender points, corolla-tube contracted in the 

 middle, filaments more or less hairy below, stigma subglobose. 



On various plants in many counties, from the Border southd. ; Ireland 

 (one sub-sp.) ; fl. June-Oct. Stem |-2 ft., rather slender. Spike elongate, 

 many-fld., lax or dense. Flowers |- in. DISTRIB. From Denmark 

 southd., N. Africa, W. Asia. 



O. MI'NOR proper ; bracts equalling or exceeding the corolla whose tube is 

 gently curved, limb white or yellowish, lobes of upper lip spreading, of 

 lower nearly equal toothed and waved, stigmas purple. On clover. 



Sub-sp. O. AMETHYS'TEA, Thuill. ' 9 corolla much curved in the lower third, 

 upper two-thirds nearly straight, mid-lobe of lower lip much the largest. 

 O. Eryn'yii, Duby. Cornwall to Kent ; Channel Islands. 



Sub-sp. O. PI'CRIDIS, F. Schultz ; very pale, bracts about equalling the flowers, 

 sepals entire or 2-cleft exceeding the slightly-curved corolla- tube 1-nerved, 



