ILLUSTRATIONES FLORtfl ATLANTIC/E (auctore g. BARRATTE). 93 



CERATOCALYX MACROLEPIS Coss. 



Ceratocalyx macrolepis (Orobanche macrolepis) Coss. ap. Bourg. Pijr. cspagn. cxs. [oclobr. 18/47], e ' in ^ nn - sc - mt - ser - ^. 

 IX, ii6, t. 10; Walp. Ann. III, 206; Willk. etLange Prodr. Hisp. 11, 600. — Orobanche macrolepis Beck Monogr. i52, 

 i54 (pr. p.) — Boulardia latisquamaF. Scbullz Arch.fi. Fr. ct Allem. io4 [Decembr. 18/17]. — Orobanche latisquama 

 Bentli. et Hook. Gen. II, 98/1; Batt. el Trah. Fl. Alg. 1, 65(). — E\s. My Alg. 1A, Bal. 106 et 4i4;Bourg. Eisp. 7/11. 

 Blanco 334, Bourg. 811 et i3g6, Losc. 68. 



« Caulis erectus, vel ascendens, rectus flexuosusve, 2-5 decim. iongus, simplex, crassus, fir- 

 mus, basi haud incrassatus vel vix incrassatus, ibique squamis imbricatis obtectus, superius 

 squamis latissimis ovatis vel ovato-lanceolatis subimbricatis vestitus, apice hreviter glanduloso- 

 pubescens, atro-rubens ? , statu sicco rubro-rufescens. Bracteae amplissimae, ovatae vel ovato-ian- 

 ceoiatae, calycem fere obtegentes, corolla breviores, pilis brevissimis glanduiosis scabridee, haud 

 ciliatse , striatae, statu sicco chartaceae rubro-fuscescentes. Flores suberecti, in spicam elongatam 

 dense congesti, spica saepius dimidium cauiern obstdente, floribus Orobanchis Rapi duplo lon- 

 giores, ad fauceni corolhe atro-rubentes, tubo antice coiore hiteo viridique ac in 0. cruenta 

 variegato, statu sicco rubro-rufescentes. Calyx piiis brevissimis giandulosis scabridus, gamo- 

 sepalus, e sepaiis quatuor confectus autice posticeque alte aequaliterque coalitis, itaque titbum 

 campanulatumeflicientibus, tuho antice posticeque truncato integro vel irreguiariter denticulato, 

 utroque latere in unam, rarissime in duas lacinias valde ituequales producto, lacinia lineariian- 

 ceolata acuta vel apice subuiata in floribus adultis tubo eorollse breviore vel rarius eum ad- 

 aaquante, uninervia nervo prominente carinato, pilis brevibus ciliata. Coroiia Phelipaeae arenariaa 

 magnitudine, pilis brevissimis glanduloso-scabra, tubuloso-campanuiata, tubo elongato, antice 

 basi strumoso-ventricosa, medio angustata, fauce diiatata, dorso arcuata , iabiis undulatis , denti- 

 culatis, haud iimbriatis, superiore galeato indiviso vei subemarginato, hibii inferioris iohis suii- 

 83qualibus vel medio majore. Stamina adtubi coroliaa partem constrictam sciiicet ad tnedium tuhi 

 inserta ; fdamenta basi valde incrassata , ibique hreviter sparseque puberuia, superne pubescenti- 

 glandulosa; antberae lobis mucronatis, sutura lanato-pHosa. Stylus arcuato-deflexus, sparse 

 pubescenti-glandulosus; sligma suborbicuiatum, superne obsoiete hilobum, iinea transversaii 

 depressa notatum, coiore. . . n (Coss. in Ann. sc. nat.) 



Not?e sequentes e pianta viva a beato Durieu depromptae : Caulis pailide lutescens, ad hasini 

 violaceus, carnosus, giaber. Bracteae tantum in parte superiore scariosse, crassae, carnosa?, in parte 

 inferiore pallide iutescentes. Gorolia albida vel paiiide vioiacea iobis purpureo-violaceis. Stigtna 

 album. — Habitu species hasc eximia magis Phelypaeam quam Orohanchen refert. (dr. Adnot. gati. 



ling. in herb. Coss. et ap. F. Schultz 1. c. 104.) "2f. Apr.-Jllll. 



Ad radices Rosmarini oflicinalis et Micromerise inodoras parasitica; ad maris liltora in provincia Oranensi lanlum nota. — 

 Med. 3 : Souk-el-Khemis in dilione Achacha!, Ouillis! ubi rarissima, Moslaganem ubi primus in Algeria detexit defletus 

 Durieu [18/1/1], eodcm loco (Mialb., Bal.), Oran (Boiss. et Reul., War.), Dj. Sanlo! , Am-el-Turh ! . 



Iri Hispania oiienlali, centrali et australi. 



Ob.;. Praeter Ceralocalyx macrolepis Coss. et C.fimbrialus Lange, ad gemis Ceratocalyx calyce gamosepalo nolalum 

 perlinent quoque Orobanche gamosepala Reuter, 0. quadrijida et 0. connata Kocli. Atlamen liabitu notisque plu- 

 ribus, 0. gamosepala, 0. quadrijida et 0. connala, in regione Caucasica crescentes, Orobancbas legilimas rele- 

 runt,et revera a Bcnlb. et Hook. et Boiss. in boc genere ordinalae sunt. Ceratocalyx macrolepis el C.fimbnalus, in 



