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DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. [CL. XIV. 



tube, and five small, acute segments. Filaments awl-shaped, 

 arising from the mouth of the tube, almost equal, approaching 

 each other in pairs ; anthers roundish, two-lobed. Germen 

 egg-shaped, obtuse. Style tapering, short ; stigma globose, 

 cleft. Capsule egg-shaped, two-celled, two-valved ; the par- 

 tition from the inflected margin of the valves. Seeds nume- 

 rous, oblong, furrowed, attached to a large, egg-shaped, central 

 receptacle. Name, from limits, mud. 312. 



1 . L. aqudtica. Mudwort. Leaves lance-shaped. Root 



fibrous, throwing out long naked runners : leaves of long stalks : 

 flowers on shortish, axillar stalks : corolla whitish. Annual : 

 flowers in July and August : grows in muddy places, which have 

 been covered by water : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. v. pi. 357. Eng. 

 Fl. vol. iii. p. 145. 921. 



34. OEOBA'NCHE. BKOOM-RAPE. 



Calyx of two opposite, acute, permanent leaves. Corolla 

 gaping, withering; tube egg-shaped, curved; upper lip con- 

 cave, notched ; lower lip reflected, with three unequal lobes. 

 Nectary a gland under the germen. Filaments awl-shaped, 

 concealed under the upper lip ; anthers two-lobed, rounded at 

 the top, pointed below. Germen oblong. Style cylindrical, 

 incurved, as long as the stamens ; stigma large, with two or 

 three globular lobes. Capsule egg-shaped, pointed, one -celled, 

 two-valved. Seeds very numerous, minute, covering the two 

 longitudinal receptacles. Name, from orobos, a vetch, and 

 angchein, to strangle. 313. 



1. O. major. Greater Broom-rape. Stem simple ; corolla in- 

 flated, its upper lip slightly notched, the lower with acute, nearly 



equal segments ; stamens smooth, style downy. Stem about a 



foot high, erect, dusky, fleshy, covered with short, glandular 

 hairs, and scattered, lance-shaped, erect scales : spike terminal, of 

 about twenty flowers, with a purplish-brown corolla. Perennial : 

 flowers in June and July : grows in gravelly soil, on the roots of 

 broom and furze: frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. vi. pi. 421. Eng. FL 

 vol. iii. p. 146. 922. 



2. O. caryophylldcea. Clove-scented Broom-rape. Stem simple ; 

 tube of the corolla inflated above, its upper lip broad, notched, its 

 lower with three lobes ; stamens hairy ; style downy ; stigma 



dark-purple. Perennial : flowers in July : discovered by Mr. G. 



E. Smith on the roots of Galium Mollugo, Rubus fruticosus, &c. in 

 South Kent. Eng. Bot. Suppl. pi. 2639. Brit. Fl. 4th ed. p. 241. 



923. 



3. O. eldtior, Tall Broom-rape. Stem simple ; corolla funnel- 

 shaped, its lower lip with segments ; stamens downy ; style 



smooth. Perennial : flowers in July and August : grows on 



gravelly soil, but not on the roots of broom or furze. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. viii. pi. 568. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 147. 924. 



4. O. minor. Less Broom-rape. Stem simple ; corolla nearly 

 cylindrical, its lower lip with curled segments, the middle one 



largest and lobed ; stamens fringed ; style smooth. Perennial : 



flowers in July and August : grows in clover fields in England 

 and Wales : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. vi. pi. 422. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. 

 p. 148. 925. 



