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614. OROBANCHE. 



front. Cor. broad campanulate, evenly arched 

 on the hack, bellying in front. Margin nearly 

 entire. Lobes of lower Lip separated by an in- 

 flated protuberance ; the lateral ones somewhat 

 acute ; (middle twice as large, Koch ; hut I 

 do not find it so.) Stigma yeUow. Scape 1 

 to 2 feet, hollow. Spike long, not crowded. 

 Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, exceeding flower , 

 p. 5-7. On Cytisus scoparius. Bahington 

 says, "Sepals 2,-nerved :" I find additional 

 nerves, but feeble and crooked. 



19. Satsrrus. Sep. cloven. Segm. linear, 

 acuminate. Cor. pale violet, tubuloso-cam- 

 panulate. 'Lube nearly smooth. Border very 

 hirsute externally, crenulate. Lateral Lobes 

 of lower Lip ovato-triangular, acute, somewhat 

 folded, w^th a tooth on each side ; middle Lobe 

 larger, ovate, acute. Stamens vrith a furrow 

 in front and glandular hairs at top. Stigma 

 yellow. Lobes hemispherical. Upper part of 

 plant densely covered ivith long, curled, glan- 

 duliferous hairs. Scape 9-12 in., hollow. 

 Lower Scales ovate ; upper lanceolate. Bracts 

 ovate with long acumen, far exceeding corolla, 



forming a tuft at the top of the dense spike. 

 p. 5. Polcevera near Genoa. 



** Style smooth. 



20. densiflora. Sep. or Segm. broadly 

 ovate, vpith subulate acumen, sometimes with 

 an additional tooth in fi'ont. Cor. small, cam- 

 panulato-tubular, pale yelloiv, arched on the 

 back. Margin crenate. Lobes of lower Lip 

 sepai'ated by a broad gibbous sinus. Stamens 

 smooth or with a few hau's at base. Stigma 

 deeply di^dded, with 2 small, piu-ple lobes. 

 Scape about 10 in. Lower Scales ovato-lan- 

 ceolate ; upper narrow lanceolate, acuminate, 

 remote. Spike dense, cylindrical. Bracts 

 lineari-suhulate, exceeding flowers. p. 5. 

 Castel Sardo in Sard. 



b. Nerves of Sepals 1-4. 



21. crinita. Sep. few-nerved, deeply cloven, 

 on an ovate base, united in front. Segm. tri- 

 angular, acuminate. Cor. small. Tube (cylin- 

 drical, somewhat inflated, Bert.) spreading 

 horizontally. IMargin dark blood-colour, cre- 

 nulate. Stamens hairy at base (smooth, Guss.). 

 Style somewhat villous and glandular. Stigma 

 pm-ple. Scape 4-9 iti. Scales narrow lan- 

 ceolate, adpressed ; upper remote. Spike cy- 

 lindrical, dense. Bracts lineari-lanceolate, 

 acuminate {exceeding the unopened corolla, 

 Guss.). p. 4, 5. On Lotus cytisoides. Cors. 

 Sard. Sic. 



23. nebrodensis. Sep. cloven. Segm. 



triangulari-subulate. Cor. tubular. Margin 

 finely denticulate. Lobes connivent. Stamens 

 smooth. Style obsoletely villous. Scales li- 

 near, acute, adpressed. Spike few-flowered. 

 Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, far exceeding 

 the small, blood-coloured, open flower, a. 5. 

 Plant much more slender than O. crinita, and 

 agreeing with the 0. sangninea of Fresl. 



23. coucolor. Sep. 1-3-nerved, with a 

 subulate acumen, on an ovate base. Cor. yel- 

 low, tubuloso-campanulate, porrect, arched at 

 base, afterwards straight. Margin obtusely 

 denticulate, not ciliate. Upper Lip 2-lobed. 

 Stamens hirsuto-ciliate below. Anthers small, 

 nearly cu'cular. Style nearly smooth. Stigma 

 yellow. Lobes of upper Lip at last revohite. 

 Whole plant straw-colour. Bracts equalling 

 corolla, p. On Scabiosa, Chcerophyllum, 

 and Mentha. 



24. lucorum. Sep. broadly ovate, 2- 

 nerved, cloven. Cor. tubuloso-campanulate. 

 Back curved. Margin somewhat denticulate, 

 and finely fringed with glands. Lobes of upper 

 Lip spreading. Stamens densely hirsute to 

 above middle. Style smooth. Stigma velvety, 

 pale yellow or reddish-brown, p. 6, 7. On 

 Berberis. Munich. Differs strikingly from 

 0. fiava in its reddish-yellow colour, broader 

 and less curved^ Cor., and reddish-brown, 

 deeply divided Stigma. 



25. Klugii. Sep. 2-nei'ved, cloven, on 

 an oblongo-ovate base. Segm. with subulate 

 acumen. Cor. tubular, slightly curved. Upper 

 Lip emarginate, eroso-denticulate, at last erect. 

 Lateral Div. of lower Lip acuminate, obsoletely 

 trifid ; middle larger, acutely denticulate, gene- 

 rally with an excm-rent middle nerve. Sta- 

 mens somewhat hairy. Style smooth. Stigma 

 wax-colour. Plant a purplish flesh-colour. 

 Bracts exceeding flower. Spike long : upper 

 part dense, comose. Cor. purplish on the back, 

 pale in front, with darker lines, p. On Tri- 

 folium medium. Bonn. Not noticed by Koch. 



26. rubra. Sep. 1-nerved, undivided, lan- 

 ceolato-subulate. Cor. campanulate, curved in 

 the upper part. Upper Lip glandular on both 

 sides, margin nearly entire ; lower denticuJate. 

 Lobes somewhat separate. Stamens in pairs, 

 connate at base, with a few hairs ; upper part 

 and Style somewhat glandular. Stigma pale 

 red. Scales and Bracts ovato-subulate. p. 

 7, 8. On Thymus Serpyllum. Cornwall. Staffa. 

 Antrim. Joined by Koch to O. EpithjTnum, 

 from which it differs in the Sepals, which are 



of much flrmer substance, as well as being 

 usually one-nerved ; in the less e.vpanded 



