Orubanc/ie.] DIDYNAMIA — ANOIOSPERMI A. 241 



rocky and mossy situations, (probably wliere trees /lave been) in many 

 parts of Perthshire, Inverness-shire, and Aberdeenshire. In addition 

 to the several habitats already given in Flora Scotica for this most in- 

 teresting plant, I may mention, near Brahan Castle, Ross-shire. King- 

 gussie, 7 m. from Aberdeen. Knock of Alves (along with the still rarer 

 Pi/rola unijiora) near Elgin, covering from 1*2 to 20 square yards, and 

 flowering abundantl}', 1828. Fionlarig Park, I)y Loch Tay. Clova 

 mountains, h\xt Jiowering onlj' among Alder and Birch, above the White 

 Water river. Banks of the Esk, at Dalhousie. — In England, only one 

 station for it is kuown ; viz. in a plantation of Scotch Firs at Catcher- 

 side, in the parish of Hartburn, Northumberland, iMiss Emma Trevelyan. 

 FL May, June.l^. — Stems trailing, filiform, branched. Zeawe* opposite, 

 broadly ovate, stalked, obscurely crenate. Peduncles axillary, long, erect, 

 2-flowered. Floivers fragrant, graceful, drooping; pedicels, hracteas, 

 involucre^ globose germen and calyx, all clothed with glandular hairs. 

 Cor, rose-coloured, yellowish within. 



36. Orobanche. Linn. Broom-rape. 

 * Hracteas solitary under each Jloioer. 



1. O. major, L. (greater Broom-rape^ ; stem simple, corolla 

 tubular its upper lip undivided, lower one in 3 nearly equal seg- 

 ments, the lateral ones acute the terminal one larger obtuse, 

 stamens glabrous, style downy. E. Bot. t. 421. 



On the roots of Broom and Furze and other leguminose plants, not 

 unfrequent. Fl. June, July. 14- . — One to one foot and a half high, leaf- 

 less. Whole plant dingy purplish-brown, pubescent. Stem swelling at 

 the base and very scaly: scales more distant upwards and becoming 

 hracteas among the flowers ; one at the base of each. Floivers in a 

 long spike. Calyx of -2 lateral, lanceolate leaves. Cor. large.] 



2. O. corynphyUacea, Sm. (^clove-scented Broom-rape^ ; stem 

 simple, tube of the corolla inflated especially above, limb spread- 

 ing 2-lipped, upper lip broad emarginate, lower with 3 lobes, all 

 the segments obtuse wavy, stamens hairy, especially at the base 

 within, style pubescent, stigma dark purple. G. B. Smith, PI. 

 of Kent, p. 34. #. 3./. 4. Hook, in E. Bot. Suppl. t. 2639.— O. 

 Gala, Dub. 



On the roots of Galium Mollugo, Rubus fruticosus, &c., in South 

 Kent. Fl. July, l^- ■ 



3. O. eldtior, Sutt. (tall Broom-rape); stem simple, corolla 

 funnel-shaped, lower lip with acute nearly equal segments, 

 stamens downy, style glabrous. Sm. — Sutt. in Linn. Tr. v. iv. 

 p. \7Q.t. 17. E.Bot. t. 568. 



Clover-fields and bushy places in a light gravelly soil, in several parts 

 of England. Fl. July, Aug. 1^. — Taller and yellower than the 2 pre- 

 ceding. Flowers witli tlieir upper lip lobed. 



4. O. minor, Sm. (lesser Broom-rape); stem simple, corolla 

 nearly cylindrical, lower lip with curled segments, the middle 

 one largest and lobed, stamens fringed, style glabrous. E. 

 Bot. t. A'22. 



Clover-fields, abundant in Norfolk, Kent, Surrey, and Brecknockshire. 

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