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epmetimes obscurely sulcated in the middle, rarely sub-clavate, 

 undivided : capsule 1-celled, two valvate at the apex or through 

 its whole length: valves bearing on, the middle ojf oftener 

 towards the middle, solitary or paired, filiform or broad pla- 

 centas : seeds numerous, rarely few, minute, globose, oblong, or 

 pear-shaped: test£\, thick, spongy, scrobiculate or tubercled : 

 albumen copious : embryo minute, obpvoid. — Herbaceous leaf- 

 less plants, growing parasitioally on the roots of other plants, 

 often forming dense masses of great extent round the base of 

 plants suited for their support: stems erect, more or less 

 covered with brown, yellowish, or colourless scales in place of 

 leaves. 



GENUS I. PHELIPJEA. 



Didynaniia Aiigtosperinit*. Sexi 



Deriv. Named by Toumefort, in honor of the family of Phe< 

 lipeau. Patrons of Natural Science. 



CrEN. Chae. Flowers hermaphrodite, bibrapteolate : calyx tu- 

 bular, 4-5-oleft or toothed : corolla hypogynous, ringent, upper 

 lip erect, 2-cleft, lower 3-oleft, spreading : stamens four, inserted 

 ok the tube of the corolla, included, filaments flattened at the 

 base : anthers 2-eelled, cells diyaricate at the base, mucronate ; 

 9vary 1-celled, placentae parietal, four, q,pproximated in pai3:s : 

 ovules many : style simple : stigma capitately 2-lobed : capsule 

 i-celled, 2-valved at the apex, valves cohering by the base, bear- 

 ing twin, placenta near the axis : seeds many, subglobose, testa, 

 fungous, thick. — ^Leafless herbs, scape simple or branched, para- 

 gitic on the roots of other stems. ' ' ' 



(I) P. Indica. '(G. Don.) 



Ident. Don. G.en. Syst. IV. p. 632.— Dec. prod. ?:L p. 8, 



St/n. Orobanche Indica, Boxb. 



Spec Chak- Scape simple or branched, with scales here and 

 there : calyx 4-toothed, teeth lanceolate-subulate from a broad 

 base: corolla tubular, infuiidibuliform, curved, purple, widened; 

 in the throat : flowers spiked, terminal. 



Parasitic on tobacco plants iq Guzerat and the Deccan. Coro-j 

 mandeK Hindostan. Oude. Flowering in January. 



