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614. OTIOBANCHE. 



late, with long, slender acumen, about equaUing 

 bracts. Cor. yellow, with a thick short tube 

 curved only at top. Lobes of Lips nearly 

 equal. Stamens 1-|- or 2 Knes from base of 

 tube, much widened at base, sprinkled with 

 glandular hairs for their whole length. Stigma 

 yellow. Whole plant yellowish. Scape about 

 18 in. : upper part almost naked. Scales and 

 Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, p. 6. Belvi 

 in Sardinia. 



56. bicolor. Sep. scariose, equalling the 

 short, ovate, acute bracts. Cor. evenly carved, 

 narrowed at the neck. Tube white. Throat 

 and Lips yellowish. Lips nearly equal : upper 

 emarginate. Mouth flat and nearly entire. Fil. 

 1-|- or 2 lines from base of tube, quite smooth 

 (somewhat villous at base, Guss.). Style 

 quite smooth. Lobes of Stigma depressed, 

 yellow. Scape 6-12 in. Scales short, ovate, 

 acute. Bracts shorter than tube of corolla. 

 a. 4, 5 . On LeguminoscB : rare. Isl. of Pa- 

 naria. Sic. According to Guss., the corolla 

 is blue and hairless, and the plant in appear- 

 ance resembles 0. ramosa. 



57- caerulescens. Fl. small, blue. Tube 

 of Cor. ovate below, contracted above germen. 

 Div. of lower Lip concave. Fil. inserted above 

 middle of tube, somewhat hairy at base. Spikes 

 woolly, a. 5, 6. On Artemisia campestris. 

 Eatisb. Dantzig. 



58. fra^ans. Cor. gradually enlarged 

 upwards, curved on back. Stamens inserted in 

 middle of tube, hairy below, smooth at top. 

 Spike woolly. Plant fragrant even when dry. 

 p. ? 6 ? lower Aust. 



Besides these we find in the ' Prodromus, ' 

 in this division of the genus, the following, 

 considered as doubtful: — 



bracteata, Viv., referred by Bert, to 0. ca- 

 nescens. 



59. rigens, Lois. " Stem hairless. Scales 

 lanceolate, imbi-icate, stiif. Stamens naked in 

 the lower part. Style quite smooth. Lobes of 

 Stigma distant. Very like 0. major, but dif- 

 fering in the thick and somewhat pungent 



scales, and the want of hairs in every part 

 except the bracts, which are slightly pubescent. 

 p. Cors." 



sanguinea, Presl. ; which seems to be the 

 same as nebrodensis. 



platystigma, RcHB. ; which it is impossible 

 to identify. 



60. nudiflora, Wallr. " Scape (nearly 

 equal ?) Scales and Bracts ovate, slightly hairy. 



Sep. ovato-oblong, ending in two, linear, nearly 

 equal teeth. Cor. somewhat campanulate, bel- 

 lying, quite smooth. Upper Lip rounded, 

 emarginate, crenulate. Lateral Div. of lower 

 Lip somewhat rhomboid, shorter than the ovate, 

 porrect middle one. Stamens and Style quite 

 smooth. Stigma emarginate. On Prunus spi- 

 nosa. — Laus." Not noticed by Koch or Gaud. 



B. Bracts 3. Calyx of 1 sepal. 

 i. Scape simple. 



61. csesia. Cal. with 4 lanceolate, acu- 

 minate teeth, not longer than back of cup 

 (acute, not acuminate, Guss.). Cot:, pale blue, 

 funnel-shaped, contracted above the germen. 

 Margin cihate. Stamens hairy at base. An- 

 thers hairless (somewhat villous, Guss.). Lobes 

 of Stigma semicircular. Scape 3-4 in. Scales 

 ovato-triangidar {ovato-lanceolate, Guss.). PL 

 in a dense spike, downy externally, p. 5, 6. 

 On Artemisia campestris. Bagnols, Mars. 

 Madonie. 



62. olbiensis. Cal. with 4 lanceolate, 

 nearly nerveless teeth, nearly twice as long as 

 tube. Cor. nearly hairless, a little contracted 

 above the germen. Lobes strongly and un- 

 equally dentate. Stamens more than one-third 

 fi'om base of tube. PQ. hairless. Stigma 

 nearly entire. Style nearly smooth, p. ? 5. 

 On Lavandula Stcechas. I. of Hyeres. 



63. stricta. Cal. deeply 4-cleffc (with a 

 fifth shorter and very narrow tooth, Bert.). 

 Segm. subulato-setaceous, two to four times as 

 long as back of cup. Cor. blue, arched on the 

 back,* funnel-shaped, somewhat narrowed above 

 base. Upper Lip deeply 2-lobed (emarginate, 

 Bert.). Div. of lower Lip ovate. Pil. smooth. 

 Style everywhere glandular. Stigma 2-lobed, 

 yellow. Scape 6-12 mz., somewhat flexuose. 

 Scales and Bracts triangulari-subulate. Inner 

 Bracts linear, finely acuminate. (Fil. on or 

 above middle of tube, haiiy at base, Bert.) 



64. cserulea. Cal. with 5 lanceolate, acute 

 teeth (fifth tooth short, triangular, Bert.). 

 Div. of Lips oblong, eroso-crenulate, acute, 

 flat. FU. \\ line from base, hairless or slightly 

 pubescent at base. Anthers nearly hairless. 

 Stigma at first capitate, yellow (whitish, with 

 spreading lobes, Bert.), p. 6, 7- On Achillea 

 31illefolium. Not in Sic. Scape 9-18 in. 

 Scales and Bracts lanceolate, violet ; upper 

 very remote. Spike lax below. Fl. large, 

 amethystine. Two small Lobes sometimes 

 occur between the lobes of the upper lip. 



65. arenaria. Cal. with 5 subulate teeth. 



