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614. OROBANCHE. 



suddenly curved above the middle, the recurved 

 Lobes of the upper Lip, and the Fil. placed 

 higher in the tube. — Reutek. 



36. buekiana. Sep. ovate, cloven. Segm. 

 lanceolate. Cor. pale buff, suddenly curved on 

 tlie back above tie base. Margin denticulate ; 

 that of upper Lip porrect. Stamens hairy at 

 the base. Style smooth, purple, and somewhat 

 glandular at top. Stigma yellow, p. 6. OnMe- 

 dicago sativa. Prankf.-on-Oder, Pruss. Rhine. 



37. glaberrima. Everywhere haiiiess. 

 Sep. or Segm. linear, acuminate, somewhat ex- 

 ceeding tube of corolla. Sep. and Bracts 

 fringed with a few sessile glands. Cor. white, 

 cm-ved on the back. Margin denticulate. An- 

 thers small, minutely apiculate, brick -red. 

 Stigma yellow. Scape hollow. Spike lax. On 

 Dianthus. Naples. 



38. laurina. Sep. cloven, acuminate, ci- 

 liate. Cor. smooth, pale : nerves and back 

 purplish. Tube somewhat contracted upwards. 

 FU. a httle above base of tube. Style quite 

 smooth. Stigma purple. Scape 12 to 24 in. 

 Upper Scales remote. Bracts nearly smooth, 

 very acuminate ; lower often exceeding flower. 

 a. 5. On Laurus nobilis. Rome. Differs 



from 0. minor by its size, and the smoothness 

 of its parts. 



39. YuccsB. Lateral Nerves of Sep. ob- 

 solete. Sep. entire, or with a single tooth, 

 ovate, with a narrow acumen. Cor. smooth, 

 except a hairy line on the back. Margin cre- 

 nulate. Lips small. PH. 1 or 1^^ line from 

 base of tube. Style smooth or with the lower 

 longitudinal line sprinkled with glands. Stigma 

 purple. Bracts ovate, acuminate or lanceo- 

 lato-acuminate, on an ovate base. a. 6. On 

 Yucca aloifolia. Pisa. Intermediate between 

 laurina and minor. 



40. macrosepala. Sep. deeply cloven, on 

 an ovate base, with long, subulate acumen. 

 Cor. spreading nearly horizontally, somewhat 

 arched on the back near the base, straight 

 above. Margin denticulate. Middle Lobe of 

 lower Lip longest. Stamens with scattered 

 glandular hau's. Stigma dark purple, p. On 

 Peucedanimi Cervaria. Als. Hesse. Closely 

 resembles 0. minor. 



41. minor. Sep. lanceolato-subulate, on 

 an ovate base, or cloven, with setaceous seg- 

 ments. Cor. evenly arched. Tube cylindrical. 

 Margin obtusely denticulate, wavy, veined. 

 Lobes of upper Lip porrect. 1^. 1^ or 3 lines 

 from base, with a few scattered hairs at base 

 (villous, Guss.). Anthers nearly round, hardly 



awned. Stigma purple or lilac. (Lobes only 

 just touching, Bab.) Scape hollow. Scales 

 ovato-lanceolate, acuminate, remote. Bracts 

 lanceolate, acuminate, on an ovate base. Spike 

 at last lax. a. 5-7. OnTrifoliumpratense,8fc. 



b. Sepals l-A-nerved. 



42. Hederae. Sep. 1-nerved, suddenly 

 contracted into 1 or 2 subulate points. Cor. 

 arched on the back. Margin wavy, denticulate^ 

 veined. Lobes of upper Lip porrect. Middle 

 Lobe of lower longest. Fil. inserted near base 

 of corolla, smooth, except a few hairs on lower 

 part. Anthers ovate, prolonged, acute, conspi- 

 cuously awned. Style smooth, except a few hairs 

 on upper part. Lobes of Stigma combined for 

 at least one-third of the circumference. Bracts 

 lanceolate, nerveless, nearly equalling corolla, 

 dark violet, as well as the sepals, p. 7. On 

 Ivy. Br. Pr. Pdm. Sard. 



43. serotina. Sep. ovate, acuminate. 

 Lateral Nerves obscm-e. Cor. nearly regularly 

 arched on the back, and there covered wdth 

 wool-like hairs. Margin repando - dentate. 

 Lower Lip wide, the middle div. scarcely emar- 

 ginate. Stamens nearly smooth, inserted near 

 base of corolla. Germ, nearly smooth. Style 

 somewhat hairy, making an obtuse angle with 

 the germen. Stigma thick, of a pm'plish-brown. 

 Colour of expanded Cor. a pale yellowish- 

 purple, with purple veins, p. 10. On Beta 

 campestris. Differs from 0. amethystea in 

 its laxer spikes, and shorter and less curved 

 corolla. 



44. axnetliystea. Sep. 3-9-nerved, sud- 

 denly contracted into one or two subulate 

 points, equalling or exceeding corolla. Cor. 

 suddenly curved near the base, afterwards 

 nearly straight ; (the tube at first is often re- 

 gularly curved, J. W.) Margin acutely denticu- 

 late, veined. Lobes of upper Lip porrect, 

 sometimes subdivided. Div. of lower Lip sepa- 

 rated by an inflated protuberance; lateral some- 

 what cloven ; the middle twice as large, with 

 2-4 lobes. Stamens on curve of corolla, with 

 scattered hairs at base. Stigma brown. Scape 

 purple. Scales oblov go -lanceolate, acuminate; 

 the lower tiled. Bracts equalling or e.xceed- 

 ing flowers. Cor. whitish or lilac, with purple 

 veins, p. 6, 7- On Eryngium. Pr. w. G. 



45. Picridis. Sep. quite separate, 1-nerved, 

 undivided, or 3-nerved, with a tooth in front ; 

 with a long acumen. Cor. white or paleyellmv, 

 sometimes with purple stripes, curved at top. 

 Margin crenulate. Upper Lip entire, margin 

 spreading. Fil. densely haii'y to above the 

 middle, warty above. Style quite hairles?. 



