326 oiv. OROBANOHACB^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Orohanche. 



pubescent, rather slender, spike short lax-fld., braota about equalling the 

 corolla, calyx-segments ovate-lanceolate 3-nerved entire equalling the 

 coroUa-tube, corolla | in. long pubescent orange-brown, lobes toothed or 

 crenate not ciHate, filaments glabrous except at the base, anthers sparsely 

 pubescent or glabrous. Reuter in DC. Frodr. xi. 21 ; Reichb. Ic. Fi. Germ. 

 1. 1784. 



Westeen HimaiatA; on grass, thyme, &c., from Kumaon, alt. 13,000 ft., 

 ■Strach. ^ Wlnterb. (Orobanche n. 4), to Kashmir, alt. 7-11,000 ft.— DiSTElB. W. 

 and Central Asia, Central and S. Europe. 



Stem 6-12 in., often tuberous below, rarely as thick as a swan's quill. SpiJce, 

 1-3 in. OoroZZa curved, glandular-pubescent. Stamens inserted low down in the 

 tube. 



7. O. nicotianse, Wiffhi 111. 179, t. 158 ; stout or slender, puberulous, 

 spikes many- and dense-fld., bracts lanceolate as long as the corolla-tube, 

 calyx-segments almost as, long subulate-lanceolate entire, corolla | in. 



flabrous tube contracted in the middle, lobes pale blue glabrous crenate, 

 laments pubescent at the base only, anthers glabrous. 



The Decoan ; common in and destructive of tobacco crops, Wight. 



Stem 8-12 in., as thick as the little finger in Wight's specimen, much more slender 

 in his figure, pale brown. Scales few, ovate, acuminate. Spike longer than the rest 

 of the stem, cylindric, obtuse; bracts many-nerved. CoZ^a; puberulous. Corolla 

 quite glabrous, lobes small. — The contraction of the middle of the corolla-tube dis 

 tinguishes this species. Wight regards the calyx-segments as bracteoles. 



8. O. Clarkel, Soak. /.; glandular-puberulous, spike short rather 

 lax-fld., bracts lanceolate half as long as the corolla-tube, calyx- segments 

 nearly as long subulate-lanceolate, corolla 1 in. tube nearly straight not 

 contracted in the middle, lobes blue glabrous crenate, filaments and anthers 

 glabrous. 



Webteen Tibet ; Karakoram or Artemisia, alt. 9000 ft., ClarJce. 

 Thi^ Clarke was disposed to regard as a form of 0. niootiana, which difiers widely 

 in the smaller fiowers, and form of the corolla-tube. 



Sect. II. Trionychon, Wallr. Bracteoles 3. (PEELip.a;A, Reut. S[ 

 Boiss.) 



* Calyx divided to the base posteriorly, entire anteriorly. 



9. O. indica, Sam. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 27 ; puberulous or pubescent, 

 stem often branched, spikes usually lax-fld., bracts ovate half as long as the 

 corolla-tube, bracteoles filiform, calyx 4- or 5-toothed, corolla fpl in. pubes- 

 cent without and within, tube rather slender, lobes blue ciliate, anthers 

 woolly. Wall. Gat. 3966, in part; Benth. Scroph. Ind. 55, excl. localities. 

 Phelipsea indica, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 632; Renter in DC. Prodr. xi. 8; 

 Dalz. Sr Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 202. ? P. sgyptiaca, Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 499. 



Throughout the plains of Ihbia, especially in mustard crops. — Disteib. Central 

 and Western Asia. 



Stem 4r-12 in., sometimes fastigiately branched from the base, often inclined. 

 Scales very few, chiefly at the forks. Spikes many-fid. j bracts pubescent, lobes 

 subulate. Corolla pubescent, |-1J in. long j tube straight, almost funnel-shaped. 

 Mlaments smooth, except at the base, anthers almost woolly. — Probably a form of 

 O. ramosa. 



10. O. ramosa, Linn. ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 498 ; furfuraceously 

 pubescent or glabrate, usually much branched, spikes slender longer than 



