OROBANCHE MAJOR. 



Grofsere Somraerwurz* 

 DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



CHAR. GEN. Calix biiidus. Corolla ringens, 

 glandula fub bafi germinis; capjula unilo* 

 cularis , bivalvis. 



^Corollis quadrifidis» 



OROBANCHE major eaule fimplicifsimo. Corol- 

 lis quadrifidis , inflatis. Staminibus infer- 

 ne nudis. Stigmate bilobo, lobis diftan- 

 tibus. Stylo fuperne pubefcente. sutton 

 iri Linn. Transa6i.IV. p. 175. , 



O. major, caule fimplicifsimo pubefcente , fta- 

 minibus fubexfertis. curtis Fl. Lond„ 

 Fajc.lV. Tab. 44. 



O. rhajor. withering Bot.Arr. %d. Edit. p. 557. 



O. major, flera fnnple, corolla inflated; its 

 upper lip undivided; lower in three 

 equal fegments. Stamina frnooth. Style 

 downv, English Bot. iab. 4^3. 



Radix crafsa , carnofa , interdum bulbofa , pe- 

 rennis, parafitica; radici iignofae Spartii [coparii, ,et 

 IJiicis europaei imprimis adhaerens ; radiculis fim- 

 plicibus, fragilifsimis inuructa; plures emittens cau- 

 les. Caulis fimplicifsimus ereclus , carnofus , angu- 

 latus , pilofus , crafsitie digiti , altitudine pedali 

 et ultra, ex luteo fuscus, dilute purpurafcens , 

 fquamis lanceolatis fparfis , fub folo confertio- 

 xibus. Flores fpicati, pilofi, fusci, interdum pur- 



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