Aiginetia.] OROBANCHACEZE. 777 
1466. apie DELPHINIFOLIA G, Don; F. B, I. iv. 802; E. D. 
S. 23 Gerardia delphinifola F. I. iii. 99, 
Chota Nagpur ; 
A tall, erect herb, co feet high. 
1467. Sopusra stricta G. Don jolted. Le iv, 802i 
- Bengal, 
A rigid herb, 8-12 in, high, 
Order XCIII. OROBANCHACEA. 
Leafless, brown, annual, white or reddish root- parasites ; stem 
eaes simple, stout or slender, scaly. Flowers hermaphrodite, 
tregular, solitary or in spikes, or simple, rarely compound 
racemes ; bracts pre: sete like ; bracteoles 2 or 1, scale-like, or 
vaulted ; throat usually with 2 villous folds. Stamens 4, didyna- 
mous, adnate to corolla-tube ; anthers 1- or 2-celled, one cell often 
imperfect; cells frequently spurred at the base; dehiscence by 
slits or apical pores. Disk glandular or unilateral, o rpels 
2, rarely 8, connate, 1-, rarely ae ovules many, rarely few, 
anatropous on 2, rarely 8 pairs of free or confluent parietal 
placentas, which oe hobk a least ultimately, in the centre 
of the ovary. Fruit a capsule, Pela 1-celled, sometimes imper- 
fectly or perfectly 9. celled ; valves 2, rarely 3. Seeds many, rarely 
few, minute; testa pitted or (uberenea: rarely lax and reticulated ; 
albumen Heahiy: embryo ovoid, often undivided. 
Corolla-lobes all broad, subequal, spreading ; anther-cells unequal 
Egi 
Corolla 2-lipped ; anther-cells OG CR iicesss excreodarcedendnsgrersrsatl Orobanche. 
669. Aginetia Linn. 
Leafless herbs, with simple or branched, naked or scaly scapes 
or stems. Flowers few, large, solitary or corymbose; bracteoles 
Sepals connate in a spathaceous calyx, split in front nearly to 
the base. Petals 5, connate in a broad, incurved, tubular, 
obscurely 2-lipped corolla; lobes broad, spreading, the 2 upper 
nnate, outer in bud. Stamens 4, didynamous, included ; anthers 
