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1. Oeobanchi!. Cal. 4-cleft or of 2 usually bifid sepals. 

 Oor. ringent, 4 — 5-cleft, deciduous, its base persistent. 

 Bracts 1—8. 



2. Lathh^a. _ Cor. 2-lipped ; tbe upper lip concave, decidu- 

 ous, entire ; its base persistent. Otherwise like Orobanche. 



1. Oeoban'che Linn. Broom-rape. 



* Sepak 2, entire or bifid, separate or connected below in front. 

 Bract\. Valves of caps, cohering at each end. 



1. O.Udpum (ThuiU.); sep. 2-veined equally bifid nearly equal- 

 ling tbe cor.-tube, cor. bellsbaped ventrioose at the base m front, 

 its back curved, lips wavy obscurely denticulate (not fringed), 

 upper lip concave nearly entire its sides patent, middle lobe of 

 lower lip much longer than lateral lobes, stam. inserted at the 

 base of the cm: glabrous below but their upper part and the style 

 glandular-pubescent.— -R. I. f. 900 & 923. K B. 421. Fries 

 states that O. major L. is certainly O. elatior Sutt. — 8tig. of 

 2 distant yellow lobes. Anth. white when dry. — Parasitical upon 

 Broom, Furze, and other shrubby leguminous plants. P. V. — 

 vn. E. S. I. 



2. O. riibra (Sm.) ; sep. 1-veined lanceolate attenuate exceed- 

 ing the cor.-tube, undivided, cor. bellsbaped its back curved 

 fflandular-pubescetit externally and the upper lip internally, lips 

 acutely denticulate and crisped, upper lip emarginate its sides 

 patent, lateral lobes of lower lip nearly equal, intermediate lobe 

 rather longer, stam. inseHed near to the base of the corolla 

 slightly pilose within below but their top and the upper part of 

 the style slightly glandular-pilose. — Sy. E. B. 1011. R. I. f. 

 885. Probably 0. Epithymum DO. — Scarcely a foot high. Pur- 

 plish red. Stigma 2-lobed, pale pink. Anth. fuscous when dry. 

 8ep. with a second faint vein near their anterior margin ; and 

 in the dry plant there is an appearance of several more. L. 

 few Sweet-scented. — PaxasiticalvLTpon Thymus Serpyllum. P. 

 VI.— VIII. E. S. I. 



3. O. caryophylldcea (Sm.) ; sep. many-veined lanceolate 

 equally bifid falling short of the cor.-tube touching or connate 

 in front, cor. tubular-bellshaped curved on the bach, lips spread- 

 ing, upper one 2-lobed its lobes porrect, lobes of lower lip nearly 

 equal rounded wavy, stam. insei'ted above the base of the cw. 

 hairy within below but their upper part and the style glandular- 

 hairy. E. B. S. 2639. O. Galii Duby.— Scarcely a foot high. 



Stigma of 2 nearly separate dark purple lobes. Anth. fuscous, 

 yellow when dry. Sep. with crisp glandular hairs externally. 



