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8. O. amethys'iea (Thuill.) ; Sep. many-veined ovate telow 

 narrowed into 1 or 2 subulate points, cor. tubular its back curved 

 immediately from, the base otherwise straight, lips unequally 

 acutely denticulate wavy, upper lip hooded porreot notched, 

 lobes of lower lip unequal the middle one larger, stam. inserted 

 in the curvature of the cor. glabrous with many hairs at the 

 base within, stigma bilobed.—Sy. j;. 5. 1017. Atl. Fl. Par. 1. 19. 

 E. O. Bryngii Duby. — Lobes o/' stig. attached by J, purple. 

 Anth. dusky brown when dry. Perhaps a form of O. minor. — ■ 

 Parasitical upon Daucus gummifer. Whitsand Bay, Cornwall. 

 Kock End, Torquay. Mr. Townsend. A. ? VI. E. 



** Sepals 4: or 5, connected below. Bracts 3. Valves of capsule 

 separating at the top. PHBi/iP.a;A. Desf. 



[O. arendria (Bork.) ; cal. of 5 sep. tubular with triangular- 

 subulate teeth falling short of the cor.-tube, cor. tubular slightly 

 curved in front, middle of the tube compressed on the back, 

 throat slightly inflated externally glan,dular, lobes of lips blunt 

 with reflexed edges, the lower lip hairy within, suture of anth. 

 hairy.— Atl. Fl. Par. t. 19. L.— Height 12—18 inches. 'Stigma 

 scarcely 2-lobed ; style pale yellow (?), glandular. Filaments 

 glabrous with a few hairs at their base. Lateral bracts linear- 

 subulate, intermediate lanceolate attenuate above. St., scales 

 and cal. glandular-pubescent. — Parasitical upon Achillea Mille- 

 folium. ? Alderney ! (the Jersey plant is Sp. 9). P. VII. Vin.] 



9. O. cemjlea (Vill.) ; cal. of 5 sep. tubular with lanceolate 

 acute teeth falling short of the cor.-tube, cor. tubular curved in 

 front, middle of tube compressed, lobes of lips acute with, i-eflexed 

 edges, lower lip hairy within, anth. glabrous. — E. B. 423. Atl. 

 Fl. Par. t. 19. K. — About a foot high. Fl. bluish purple. 

 Stig. scarcely 2-lobed, white. St., scales, bracts, cal. and cor. 

 fflandular-pubescent. — Grassy pastures. Herts. Norf. Isle of 

 Wight. Chepstow. P. VI. VII. E. 



[O. ramdsa (L.) ; cal. of 4 sep. tubular with triangular ovate 

 acuminate teeth, anth. glabrous, St. usually branched. — E. B. 

 184. — Sown with Hemp.] 



2. Lathb-si'a Linn. Toothwort. 



1 L squamdria (L.) ; st. simple, fl. pendulous secund, lower 

 Up of the cor. 3-oleft.— -E. £. 60. G. K Smith S. Kent. t. 3.— 

 Eootstock fleshy, with thick scales. St. 3—8 in. high. Young 

 raceme decurved. Bracts ovate or lanceolate. Style straight 

 or curved. Upper lip nearly entire, or bifid. — Woods and 

 thickets, parasitical upon Hazels &c. P, IV. V. E. S. I. 



