320 CIV. OHOBANCHACE*. (J. D. Hooker.) [^ginetia. 



* Corolla-lobes all hroad, suhequal, spreading. 



Calyx spathaceous. Anther-cells unequal !• ^MNETIA. 



Calvx tubular. Antlier-eells unequal 2. Chbistisonia. 



Calyx campanulate. Anther-eells equal 3. CistANCHe. 



** Corolla 1-lipped. 



Upper lip a-lobed, lower S-lobed 4. Oeobanche. 



Upper lip erect hooded snbentire, lower very short 5. Bosohniackia. 



1. H:GX1TETXA, Linn. 



Leafless terbs with branclied or simple nated or scaly scapes or stems. 

 Flowers few, large, solitary, or corymbose, ebracteolate. Calyx spatha- 

 ceous, split in front nearly to the base. Corolla-tuhe broad, incurved; limb 

 spreading, obscnrely 2-lipped ; lobes 6, broad, 2 upper connate. Stamens 

 included ; anthers with one cell perfect adnate to the filament not spurred 

 at the base, the other cell absent in the upper anthers, empty clavate and 

 deflexedin the lower. Ovary 1-celled; placentas large, 2-lobed or multifid, 

 filling the cavity, ovuliferous all over ; style slender, stigma large peltate. 

 Capsule sub-2-valved. Seeds crowded, minute, pitted. — Species 4-5, tropical 

 Asiatic. 



1. JS. Indica, 'Roxh. Cor. Fl. i. 63, t. 91, and Fl. Ind. iii. 30 ; scape 

 very slender naked, corolla purple, placentas multifid. Renter in DC. Prodr. 

 xi. 43; Wall. Cat. 3964; Benth. Scroph. Ind. 55; WigU III. t. 158 b, f. 5, 

 and Ic. t. 895 ; Balz. Sc_ 'Gibs. Bomb. M. 202 ; Grif. lo. PI. Asiat. t. 423. 

 Orobandhe .ffiginetia, Linn. Sp. Fl. 883. 



Throughout India, from the Western Himalaya in Kumaon, ascending to 3500 ft., 

 to Nepal, Assam and the Khasia Mts. ; and southwards to Tenasserim, Trarancore 

 and Cetiow. — Disteib. Burma, 'China, Japan, Philippine Islands. 



Soot of fleshy interlaced fibres. Scapes solitary or several, 6-16 in. high, with a 

 few srales near the base. Flowers solitary. Calyx | to nearly 2 in. long, acute. 

 Corolla 1—2 in., limb 1 in. diam. or less, margins fimbriate. Anthers of lower stamens 

 with a thick gibbous obtuse spur behind. Capsule as large as a filbert. Seeds 

 yellowish-white, testa hyaline lax. 



2. IE. pedunculata, Wall. Fl. As. Bar. iii. 13, t. 219 ; scape short 

 stout very "fleshy mahy-fld., flowers on long peduncles bracteate at the base, 

 corolla-tnbe yellow mouth blue, placentas 2 each of 2 plates. Renter in 

 DC. Prodr. xi. 43 ; Wight III. t. 158 b, f . 6, and Ic. t. 1421. M. abbreviate, 

 Ham. in Wall. Cat. 3965 ; Benth. Scroph. Ind. 95 ; Renter I. e. M. acanlis, 

 Walp. Rep. 481 ; Renter I. c. Orobanche pedunculata, Roxh. Hort. Benq. 

 45. and Fl. Ind. iii. 29. O. acaulis, Roxh. Cor. PI. iii. 89, t. 292, and Fl. 

 Ind. iii. 29. 



Throughout India, on the roots of grasses, from Murree, lElliott, Sikkim, Clarice, 

 and Assam, to Travancore and Singapore. ^DlSTBlB. Cochin China, Java. 



Whole plant 3-6 in. high, red or yellow. Stem very short, as thick as a swan's 

 quill, buried in the soil, giving oS numerous alternate pedieelled flowers that rise 

 above the Furfaee of the ground, rarely slender and 1-fld. Peduncles 1-4 in., slender 

 to stout, bracteate at the base; bract J-J in., ovate obtuse. Cail^x 1^-2^ in. long, 

 fleshy, red then yellow white, loaded 'with mucilage, tip obtuse, acute or shortly 

 beaked. Corolla-tnbe as long as the calyx, yellowish, limb bright violet, lobes 

 crenate and erose. Anthers of lower stamens with a lare:e dorsal fleshy decurved horn. 

 Stigma broadly cordiform, peltate. Capsule ovoid. Seeds brown. — Wight's figures 

 represent the placentas as more divided than other analyses show. 



