840 OROBANCHE. LCLASS XIV. ORDER II. 



smaller, paler. Calyx of one piece, unequally cleft into four or five 

 lanceolate acute teeth, clothed with short glandular pubescence. 

 Corolla with a rather long nearly cylindrical tube, curved towards the 

 top, ribbed and downy, the upper lip ascending unequally, three or 

 four lobed and toothed, the lower of three nearly equal oblong acute 

 spreading lobes, veiny, with an elevated white downy palate, the colour 

 of the corolla is a pale violet, the veins purple. Stamens inserted 

 near the base of the corolla, the filaments awl-shaped, smooth, the 

 anthers of two pointed cells, yellow, smooth, or slightly downy at the 

 base. Sli/le slender, minutely downy. Stigmas obtuse, notched, 

 yellowish blue. 



Habitat. — Grassy places near the sea, growing on the roots of 

 Achillea millefolium, in Hampshire and Norfolk; rare. 



Perennial; flowering in July. 



This species is readily distinguished from all other of our species, 

 but is nearly allied to O, arenaria^ Borkhausen, found in various parts 

 of the Continent growing on the roots of Artemisia campestris. 



7. O. ramo'sa, Linn. (Fig. 972.) Branched Broom-rafe, Stem 

 ■branched ; bracteas three, unequal ; calyx of one piece, with four 

 lanceolate teeth; corolla with a straight tube, contracted in the middle, 

 the limb spreading, upper lip two lobed, the lower of three unequal 

 ones; stamens inserted about the middle of the tube of the corolla; 

 the filaments downy at the dilated base ; anthers roundish, yellow, of 

 two pointed lobes; style slender, smooth ; sligmas yellowish white. 



English Botany, t. 184. — English Flora, vol. iii. p. 150.— Hooker, 

 British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 242. — Lindley, Synopsis, p. 194. 



Root fibrous. Stems erect, from six to twelve inches high, waved, 

 slender, branched, roundish, or angularly compressed, clothed with 

 close short viscid pubescence, brownish yellow, scattered over with a 

 very few lanceolate brownish scales, sometimes swollen at the base, 

 and bearing fleshy protuberances, apparently caused by insects. Inflo- 

 rescence terminal lax flowered spikes, the lower flowers frequently after 

 flowering becoming elevated on a short stalk, and bearing the two 

 smaller bracteas at the base of the calyx, the larger outer one remain- 

 ing. Calyx of one piece, with four lanceolate taper pointed teeth, pale 

 yellow, downy and ribbed. Corolla with a nearly straight tube, con- 

 tracted in the middle, yellow at the base, ribbed, and more or less 

 clothed with glandular pubescence, the limb spreading, palish purple, 

 the upper lip two lobed, ascending, the lower of three lobes, the middle 

 one largest, all even on the margin, the palate yellow and downy. 

 Stamens attached a little above the middle of the tube, the filaments 

 awl-shaped, wiih an angular downy base. -^n/Aer^ roundish, yellow, 

 smooth, two lobed, pointed at the base. Style slender, smooth, or 

 slightly downy at the top. Stigmas obtuse, cloven, yellowish white. 

 Capsule ovae. Seech pale brown, very numerous, wrinkled. 



