BROOM-RAPE FAMILY' 



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lobes of lower lip nearl)- equal, acute : ilaiiie)is hairy ; slignia 

 yellow. ^ — On Centauri-a Scabiosa ; rare — Fl. June — August. 

 Perennial. 



orobXn'Ch^ major 

 (irreai Brooi7i->-apt). 



LATHR.EA KQUAM.^RIA 



(Toolhwort). 



7. 0. Picridts (Picris Broom-rape). — A pale species, about a 

 foot high, with i — 3-veined sepals ; toothed, nearly equal lobes 

 to the lower lip of the corolla ; stamens hairy below ; stigma 

 purple. — On Picris hieracioides ; rare, ~F1. July. Perennial. 



