468 xcrii. orobanchace^: (stapf). [Orobanche. 



narrow. Calyx obliquely campanulate, copiously glandular-hairy ; teeth 

 linear-lanceolate, much longer than the tube, with a prominent middle- 

 nerve. Corolla pallid below, otherwise blue, 8-10 lin. long, constricted 

 above the insertion of the stamens, moderately curved, gradually 

 widened into the throat ; limb glabrous ; upper lip 2-lobed, lobes elliptic, 

 rotundate-acuminate or acute, repand ; lower lip equally 3-lobed, lobes 

 elliptic-acuminate or rotundate, repand or denticulate, plicate. Fila- 

 ments inserted 2 J- lin. above the base, sparingly and shortly hairy near 

 the base ; anthers glabrous. Stigma 2-lobed, white. 



Mile Land. Abyssinia : near Grhaza (Ghaga) according to Beck (without 

 indication of the collector). 



O. Schultzii is a Mediterranean species, ranging from Morocco and Spain to 

 Syria. The forma pyramidalis was originally described as a distinct species, 

 Phelipoea pyramidalis, Reuter in DC. Prodr. xi. 7, from specimens collected by 

 Boissier in Asia Minor. They have a very hairy corolla-limb with obtuse or subacute 

 lobes and woolly anthers. 



(!. O. tunetana ? var. tacassea, Beck, Monogr. Orob. inBibl. Bot. iv. 

 118, t. ii. fig. 24. Stem slender, simple, densely white-tomentose, 3-5 in. 

 high. Scales ovate-lanceolate, adpressed, subglabrous, 2|— 4 lin. long. 

 Spike short, cylindric or subcapitate, dense or loose below, 3-10-flowerecl, 

 rounded at the top ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, shorter than the calyx, 

 and like it densely woolly tomentose. Calyx campanulate, teeth shorter 

 than the tube, lanceolate. Corolla inflated at the base, constricted 

 above the ovary, then conspicuously curved forwards and widened into 

 the violet throat, copiously hairy, 8J-9 lin. long ; upper lip deeply 

 2-lobed, lobes elliptic, acuminate, inciso-crenate ; lower lip deflexed, 

 lobes large, ovate or elliptic, denticulate. Filaments quite glabrous ; 

 anthers long-acuminate, subglabrous. Stigma-lobes confluent, white. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia : Tacazze Valley, at Semam, Steudn'er, according to 

 Beck. 



Typical 0. tunetana is a native of Tunis, and seems to be a well-marked 

 species. 



Order XCIV. LENTIBULABIEiE. (By Otto Stapf.) 



Flowers hermaphrodite, zygomorphic. Calyx inferior, deeply 2-5- 

 partite, regular or more or less 2-lipped, or the sepals free to the base. 

 Corolla gamopetalous, 2-lipped, spurred, rarely saccate; tube very short; 

 upper lip interior, entire to 2-lobecl ; lower entire to 2-3-lobed, usually 

 with a vaulted, more or less 2-gibbous palate. Stamens 2, anticous, 

 attached to the base of the corolla, slightly converging in front of the 

 stigma ; filaments short, usually curved and asymmetrically thickened ; 

 anthers 2-celled ; cells diverging, confluent, dehiscing by a common slit. 

 Ovary superior, 1 -celled ; carpels 2, median ; style simple, short or very 

 .short ; stigma more or less distinctly 2-lipped, upper lip usually very 

 small or obscure ; placenta free central ovoid or globose, rarely reduced 





