182 DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. Orobanclie, 



Stem twelve to eighteen inches, simple, erect, succulent, with scatter- 

 ed, upright, spear-shaped, leafy scales ; its base bulbous-formed, 

 and more scaly. FL stalkless, spike terminal, rather close-set, 

 upright. Cor. dull, purplish yellow, soon turning brown, and 

 withered. Bract, solitary, spear-shaped, mostly shorter than 

 the fl, Cul.-aeyments spear-shaped, acute. Stam. rather shorter 

 than the tube. Stig. of two, yellow, separate globules. 



O. eldtior. Tall Br. Stem simple. Corolla funnel- 

 shaped ; lower lip with acute, nearly equal segments. 

 Stamens downy. Styles smooth. E. B. 568. O. 



major, of Sb. 191.' 



Never on the roots of broom, or furze. * Rev. Dr. Sutton. Fields 

 near the road between Oxford and Woodstock, left hand, near 

 the half-mile trees. Bx. Mr. Baxter gathered a specimen 

 with a spike of sixty-five flowers. Near the Parks. Stanton 

 Harcourt. Henley. Sb. 



Per. July, August, 



This species first well distinguished from Orob. major, by the Rev. 



Dr. Sutton, in Linn. Trans. : as common as Orob. major, iu some 



counties. 



Discrim. from O. major as taller, more of a yellowish colour, the 

 spike of fl. much longer, more numerous, sometimes above one 

 hundred. Cor. less inflated, border much curled, and fringed. 

 Stam. downy on the inside from the bottom upwards for half 

 their length, but smooth in the upper part. Stig. inversely 

 heart-shaped. Cal.-ls. united at the base before. 



O. minor. Less Br. Stem simple. Corolla nearly 

 cylindrical ; lower lip with curled segments, the middle 

 one largest and lobed. Stamens fringed. Style smooth. 

 E. B, 422. 



Clover fields. In a clover field (Trifolium pratense,) near Buck- 

 land, Berks. Dr. Williams, Professor of Botany, Oxford. 

 Woods about Ewelme. Tlie Rev. Dr. Lloyd, late Bishop of 

 Oxford. Bx. Above Headington Wick Copse. R. W. 1832. 



An July, August. 



Smaller than Orob. major, more purplish. Stem more inclined to 

 be zigzag. By-act. solitary. Stam. in the lower part, fringed 

 with projecting hairs. Stig. purple. 



• Dr. Williams, Prof. Bot. Oxford. 



