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(1) S. Orobanchoides. (Benlh.) 



Ident. Benth. in Comp. Bot. Mag. I. p. 361. — Dec. prod. X- 

 t. 501. 

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Syn. Buchnera gesnerioides, Willd. — B. Hydrabadensis, Rothf. 

 ; — Orobanche Indica, Spreng. {not Roxb.) 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1414.— Benth. 1. c. t. 19. 



Spec. Char. Glabrous or puberulous, branched: leaves minute, 

 scale-like: stems Vigid; erect, 6 to 12 inches high, of a reddish 

 hue : flowers numerous, rose-coloured : parasitic ■ on the roots of 

 different sp6cies of Lepidagathis and Euphorbium. 



Common in rocky ground in the Northern Concan, and hilly 

 parts of the I^eccan. 



(2) S. pENSiFLORA. (Benth.) 



Ident. Benth. 1. c. p. 363. — Dec. prod. X. p. 502. 



Syn. Buchnera Asiatica, Vahl. — B. densiflora, Benth. Scrqph. 

 In^. p. 41. 



Spec Char, (glabrous, very rough '■ leaves lanceolate-linear, 

 floral ones scale-like : spikes rather thick when young, densely- 

 flowered, afterwards elongated, interrupted : flowers white, with 5 

 ■striae up the centre of the segments. 



' About Surat, Peninsula. Bengal. Flowering towards the end 

 of the year. ' ' 



(3) S. ipuPHRASioiDES. {Benth.) 



Ident. Benth. 1. c. p. 363.— Dec. prod. X. p. 503. 



Syn. Buchnera Euphrasioides, Vahl. — B. angustifolia, G. Don. 

 — S. glabrata, Benth. I. c. 



Spec Char. Glabrous, rough : leaves linear, entire or few 

 toothed, elongated : spikes slender, interrupted : calyx with 15 

 striae, which ail reach to the apex of the segments : flowers white.' 



Peninsula, very common. 



(4) S. hirsuta. (Benth.) 



Ident. Benth. in Dec. prod. X. p. 502. 



Syn. S. lutea. Lour. — Buchnera Asiatica, Linn. — Campuleia 

 coccinea, Hook. ex. fior. III. t. 203. — B. coccinea, jBenf/j. Scroph. 

 Ind. p. 40. 



Spec Char. Very rough : leaves linear, elongated, or lower 

 ones lanceolate : calyx with 10 striae, of which 5 run into the 

 sinuses between the segments : flowers red, white, or yellow. 



Very common. Peninsula. Bengal. Flowering in the cold 



season. 



