302 56. OROBANCHACE^:. 



4. O. eldtior (Sutt.) ; sep. many -veined equally bifid equalling 

 the cor.-tube connate in front, cor. curved tubular slightly com- 

 pressed above, tipper lip 2-lobed toothed its lobes inflexed, lobes 

 of lower lip 3 nearly equal acute toothed, stam. inserted above 

 the base of the cor. glandular-hairy in the lower half within. 

 E. B. 568. Stem 23 ft. high. Stigma bilobed, yellow. 

 Upper lip of the cor. usually with an elevated point between 

 the lobes. Cor. glandular externally. Stam. sometimes slightly 

 hairy above. Anth. whitish when dry. Parasitical upon Cen- 

 taurea Scabiosa, rare. P. ? VI. VII. E. 



5. O. Pic'ridis (F. W. Schultz) ; sep. 1 3-veined entire or 

 toothed below in front narrowed into 1 or 2 subulate points, 

 cor*, tubular-bellshaped its back nearly straight and compresed 

 slightly curved at each end, lips denticulate wavy upper not notched 

 its sides porrect, stam. inserted below the middle of the cor.-tube 

 hairy in their lower half within, style slightly glandular-hairy 

 below in front and above throughout, stigma bilobed. E. B. & 

 2956. Height 6 18 inches. Stigm.-lobesjust touching, purple. 

 Anth. fuscous, pale purple or yellowish. Parasitical upon 

 Picris. Cambridgeshire. Kent. Pemb. Hunts. Isle of Wight. 

 P. ? VII. E. 



6. O. Hed'erce (Duby) ; sep. 1-veined ovate below narrowed 

 into 1 or 2 subulate points about equalling the cor.-tube, cor. 

 tubular arcuate, lips denticulate wavy, upper one bilobed porrect 

 (straight when dry), lobes of lower lip nearly equal the middle 

 one longest, stam. inserted below the middle of the cor.-tube 

 glabrous with a few scattered hairs on their lower part, style 

 glabrous with a few hairs on the upper part, stigma scarcely 

 bilobed. O. barbata E. B. S. 2859, not Poir. St. purplish, about 

 a foot high. Lobes of stigma attached together by at least -| of 

 their circumference, yellow. Anth. fuscous, rather paler when 

 dry, St. purplish. Parasitical upon Ivy. P. VI. VII. E. I. 



7. O. minor (Sm.) ; sep. many-veined ovate below suddenly 

 narrowed into 1 or 2 subulate points equalling or exceeding the 

 cor.-tube. cor. tubular arcuate, [usually tinged with purple,] lips 

 bluntly denticulate wavy, upper lip porrect (inflexed when dry) 

 notched, lobes of lower lip nearly equal, stam. inserted below 

 middle of the cor.-tube glabrous with a few scattered hairs below, 

 style glabrous with a line of distant hairs on its anterior side, 

 stigma bilobed. E. B. 422. Lobes of stig. not much connected, 

 purple. Anth. yellow when dry. \fi.flavescens (Reut.) ; st. and fl. 

 yellow.] Parasitical chiefly upon Trifolium pratense. A. ? VI. 

 VII. E, I 



