296 iXL OKOBANCHACE^. [^Orohdnclie 



shire; Giltar Head, Pcmbi-okesbire; Rose Hall Green, Isleof Wirrht 



©. 6, 7 This and the two next are probably mere varietles,^tlie 



characters assigned by authors bein^ very unsatisfactory and some- 

 what contradictory ; but from not having an opportunity of contrast- 

 ing them in a living state, we yield to the opinion of "^others, d/ 

 Bromfield however was inclined to unite the present species with o' 

 vimor, from which it chiefly differs by the sepals, while he considered 0* 

 Hederce to be distinct. 



6. O. minor Sutt. (lesser J5.) ; stem simple, sepals many-nerved 

 ovate below suddenly contracted into 1 — 2 subulate points as 

 long or longer than the tube of the corolla, corolla tubular 

 curved, limb obtusely toothed veined wavj^ upper lip more or 

 less emarginate its sides straight, lower of 3 roundish nearly equal 

 lobes, stamens inserted below the middle of the tube glabrous 

 more or less hairy below, style nearly glabrous or with scattered 

 hairs in front, lobes of the stigma (purple) nearly distinct 

 JS. B. t. 422. 



Clover-fields, abundant in Norfolk, Kent, Surrey, Hants, Breck- 

 nockshire, &c., " parasitic on a variety of plants of very different 

 natural orders, but most frequently on the roots of Trifolmm pra^ 

 tenser Bromf. ©. 6— 10.— Dr. Eromfield well observed that the 

 hairiness of the stamens varies exceedingly, and it is to be feared that 

 the style does so likewise throughout the whole genus. 



7. O. amethystea ThuilL (hluish B.) ; stem simple, sepals 3—9- 

 nerved ovate below suddenly contracted into 1—2 subulate 

 points, corolla tubular bent ^^uddenlj near the base and curved 

 forwards^ then straight, lips unequally acutely denticulate 

 wavy with branched veins, upper concave emarginate or 4-lobed, 

 lobes of lower lip unequal middle one the larger, stamens in- 

 serted in the curvature of the corolla hairy at the base within 

 glabrous above the middle, style nearly glabrous, lobes of sti^mia 



iS 



arj 



11,0. 



:) divaricate. Hure in Phytol. ii. p. 239. O. Ervno-ii 

 Duby. •' ° 



Parasitical upon Daucus maritlmus, at Wintsand Bay near Ply- 

 mouth. O? (/iore). i; (i?e«/e;-). 7— We have not seen specimens, 

 and have taken our character from Mr. Here's description, l>etween *. , 



which and that by Renter there are some points of difference • and on I "' "PI 



the Contment the plant seems confined to Eryngium cmnpestrs and I 'H-Stai 



mardimum. We fear it is too closely allied to O. minor, tVom which 1 *H: 



It appears only to differ by the curvature of the corolla, and the 

 divaricated lobes of the stigma. Mr. Borrer (in the Bot, Gazette, ii 

 p. 96) states that Mr. Hore considered living plants of the true 0. 

 minor from Sussex to be identical with his plant. 



8 O.HedcrcBpaby {Ivy B.) ; stem simple, sepals 1-nerved 

 ovate below suddenly contracted into 1-2 subulate points 

 nearly as long or longer than the tube of the corolla, corolla 

 tubular curved hmb denticulate wavj, upper lip 2-lobed its 



sides straight, lower of 3 roundish nearly equal lobes, middle 



Onhen 

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