236 56. OROBANCHACEJi. 



bilobed porrect (straight when dry), lobes of lower lip nearly 

 equal the middle one longest, stain, inserted below the middle of 

 the cor. -tube glabrous with a few scattered hairs on their lower 

 part posterior pair distant below, style glabrous with a few hairs 

 on the upper part, stigma scarcely bilobed. O. barbata R., 

 Bab., E. B. S. 2859, not Poir. Lobes of the 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. 0. minor (Sutt.) ; sep. many-veined ovate below suddenly 

 narrowed into 1 or 2 subulate points equalling or exceeding the 

 cor.-tube, cor. tubular arcuate, lips obtusely denticulate wavy, 

 upper lip bilobed porrect (inflexed when dry), lobes of lower lip 

 nearly equal, stam. inserted below the middle of the cor.-tube 

 glabrous with a few scattered hairs below posterior pair near 

 together and parallel, style glabrous with a line of distant hairs 

 on its anterior side, stigma bilobed. E. B. 422. Stigma approxi- 

 mately lobed, lobes only just touching at one point, purple. 

 Anth. yellow when dry. Parasitical chiefly upon Trifolium pra- 

 tense. A. ? VI. VII. 



8. 0. amethystea (Thuill.) ; sep. many-veined ovate below 

 suddenly narrowed into 1 or 2 subulate points, cor. tubular its 

 back curved immediately from the base otherwise straight, lips 

 unequally acutely denticulate wavy, upper lip hooded porrect 

 notched, lobes of lower lip unequal middle one larger, stam. in- 

 serted in the curvature of the cor. glabrous with many hairs at 

 the base within, stigma bilobed. Ml. Fl. Par. t. 19. E. 0. Eryn- 

 gii Duby. Lobes of stig. "divaricate, purple" (Phytol. ii. 239.) 

 " Parasitical upon Daucus maritimus." Whitsand Bay, Corn- 

 wall. A.? VI. VII. E. 



** Sepals 4 or 5, connected below. Bracts 3. Valves of capsule 

 separating at the top. PHELIP^EA Desf. 



[9. O. arenaria (Bork.); cal. of 5 sep. tubular with trian- 

 gular-subulate teeth falling short of the cor.-tube, cor. tubular 

 slightly curved in front, middle of the tube compressed j,on the 

 back, throat slightly inflated externally glandular, lobes of lips 

 blunt with reflexed edges, lower lip hairy within, suture of anth. 

 hairy. Ail. FL Par. t. 19. L. Stigma scarcely 2-lobedj style 

 pale yellow (?), glandular. Filaments glabrous with a few hairs 

 at their base. Lateral bracts linear-subulate, intermediate lan- 

 ceolate attenuated above. St., scales, and cal. glandular- pubes- 

 cent. Parasitical upon Achillea Millefolium ? Channel Islands. 

 P. VII. VIIL] 



10. 0. ccerulea (Vill.) ; cal. of 5 sep. tubular with lanceolate 



