DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERINIIA. Orobaiiche. 181 



erect, simple, of numerous, large, drooping_^s. each with a short 

 stalk, and bract. Cor. one inch and a half, bell-shaped, purplish 

 crimson, beautifully speckled with eye-like spots inside ; margin 

 slightly lobed. Stam. bent. Caps, egg-shaped, sharp-pointed. 

 A direct sedative ; to be used with caution. Infusion, Tincture, 

 or Powder. Mat. Medica. Important for alleviating the distress- 

 ing symptoms of hydrothorax, or water on the chest. Combined 

 with squill and blue pill, it enables the patient to hold out a consi- 

 derable time. See the valuable Treatises on Digitalis, of Drs. 

 fV^ithering, and Hamilton. 



Var. with milk-white _^. in our gardens. 

 A stately, and elegant plant. 



LIMOSELLA.' Mud-wort. 



L. aqudtica. Common M. Leaves spear-shaped, or battle- 

 dore-shaped ? Foot-stalks twice as long as the flower- 

 stalks. E. B. 357. H. L. 62. 



Muddy spots, where water has stagnated during winter. * Binsey 

 Common. Noke. Sb. Port Meadow. Cowley Marsh. Bx. 



An. July. 



A diminutive plant escaping the notice of all but the scrutinizing 



observer. 



Stem prostrate, or root with naked runners. Ls. root-ones smooth, 

 entire. Fl. solitary, from the root, small. Fl.-stalks simple, as 

 the fruit ripens, bent in. Cal. segments sharp. Cor. without, 

 whitish ; inside, red. Caps, globular, grooved in its upper side. 

 Stam. four, two a little higher. 



OROBANCHE.^ Broom-rape. 



* Bracteas solitary. 



(O major. Great Br. Stem simple. Corolla inflated ; 

 upper lip slightly notched ; lower with acute, nearly- 

 equal segments. Stamens quite smooth in the lower 

 part. Style downy. E. B. 421. C. 4. 44. Rapum 

 genistse, sive Orobanclie. G. E. 1311. ? 



Bushy places on gravelly soil, on the roots of broom, or furze. Sm, 

 Allesley, Bickenhill, Leek Wootten, Warwickshire. Bree, Pn. 

 Flora. 



Per. June, July. 



• From limus, mud. 



2 i. e. Strangle tare, Gr. Orobon anchei. The Orobanches are not altoge- 

 ther parasitical ; they acquir^^ sustenance, and stability, not only from the 

 foster-plant, but also from the soil, by their root-fibres: their taste is acrid, 

 and astringent. Rev. Dr. Sutton. Ivlich^li mentions that the Orobanche is 

 proscribed by public edict in Tuscany, on account of its ehoking the neigh- 

 bouring plants. Curtis. 



