l&O COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



lower lip 3-lobed, longer than the thick, blunt spur. Sub- 

 merged stems bearing cleistogamous flowers. — Ponds, Atl. 

 Prov. 



5. U. gib'ba, L. Scape only 1-3 inches high, 1-2-flowered, 

 with very slender short branches at the base, bearing capil- 

 lary root-like leaves and scattered bladders. Corolla yellow, 

 the lower lip with sides reflexed. Spur very thick and 

 blunt, conical, gibbous. — Shallow water, central and S. W. 



Ontario. 



2. PINGUICraA, L. BUTIERWOBT. 



P. VUlga'riS, L. A small and stemless perennial growing 



on damp rocks. Scapes 1-flowered. Leaves entire, ovate or 



elliptical, soft-fleshy, clustered at the root. Upper lip of 



the calyx 3-oleft, the lower 2-cleft. Corolla violet, the lips 



very unequal, the palate open, and hairy or spotted. — Shore 



of Lake Huroti. 



Oedeb LIX. OROBANCHA'CE^. (Broomeape P.) 



Parasitic herbs, destitute of green foliage. Corolla more 

 or less 2-lipped. Stamens didynamous. Ovary 1-celled with 

 2 or 4 parietal placentee, many-seeded. 



I. EPIPHE'GVS, Nutt. (Beech-dkops.) 

 E. ViPginia'na, Bart. A yellowish-brown branching 

 plant, parasitic on the roots of beech-trees. Flowers race- 

 mose or spiked ; the upper sterile, with long corolla ; the 

 lower fertile, with short corolla. 



«. CONOPH'OLIS, Wallroth. Squaw-koot. 

 C. America'na, Wallroth. A chestnul^ooloured or yel- 

 low plant found in clusters in oak woods in early summer, 

 3-fi inches high and rather less than an inch in thickness. 

 The stem covered with fleshy scales so as to resemble a cone. 

 Flowers under the upper scales ; stamens projecting. 



3. APIIYl'lON, Mitchell. Naked Broom-rape. Cancer-koot. 



1. A. uniflo'rum, Torr. and Gr. Plant yellowish-brown. 

 Flower solitary at the top of a naked scape. Stem snhter- 

 ranean or near!]/ »o, short and scaly. Scapes 3-5 inches 



