Orobanche.] civ. OROBANCHACBiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 327 



the stem narrowed upwards, bracts ovate caudate-acuminate shorter than 

 the coroUa-tuhe, calyx half the length of the corolla-tube, lobes slender subu- 

 late from a broad base, corolla pubescent without and withio, tube narrow, 

 lobes blue ciliate, filaments glabrous, anthers sparsely crinite or glabrous. 

 Reichb. PI. Crit. 933, 934, and Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 152. Phelipsea ramosa, 

 C. A. Mey. ; Walp. Bep. iii. 459 ; Beut. in DO. Frodr. v.. 8; Wight Ic. 

 t. 1618. P. aegyptiaca, Serb. Ind. Or. S.f.SfT. 



Kashmie, Falconer ; Jamu and Banahal, alt. 6-7000 ft., 2%o)»»o«.— Distbib. 

 Westwards to Europe and N. Africa. 



Stem 6-12 in., usually thick at the base and at once dividing into rather slender 

 erect branches. Scales few. Spikes lax-fld. ; bracts variable in length and in the 

 length of the slender point ; bracteoles filiform. Corolla i-| in. long ; tube narrow 

 white. — The slender spikes occupying usually two-thirds of the length of the plant 

 are unlike those of any other Indian species. I suspect that O. legyptiaea, Pers., is 

 the same as this, but I have seen no authentic specimens of it. Soissier refers O.indica, 

 Boxb., to O. (Bgyptiaca, I think erroneously. 



** Calyx divided to the base anteriorly and posteriorly ; segments bifid, 

 lobes subulate. 



11. O. psila, Olarke mss.; furfuraoeously pubescent, stem simple 

 slender, spike short lax-fld., bracts lanceolate as long as the flower, calyx 

 half as long as the corolla blue curved pubescent without and within, lobes 

 copiously ciliate, filaments pubescent, anthers sparsely crinite. 



Kashmib ; at Mapanon, alt. 9000 ft., Clarice. 



Stem 12-18 in., as thick as a goose-quill or less. Scales long, l-l in., subulate- 

 lanceolate. Spike 2-3 in., obtuse; lower bracts | in. long; bracteoles filiform. 

 Corolla i-f in. long, lobes almost villous within, 2 upper. rounded, 2 lower elliptic. 



5. BOSCKITXACKXA., O. A. Mey. 



Eobust, brown, leafless herbs ; stem simple, scaly. Flowers in dense 

 spikes, or racemes, bracteolate, ebracteolate. Calyx cup-shaped, truncate or 

 unequally 5-toothed. Corolla-tube incurved ; limb 3-lipped, upper lip erect 

 hooded entire or 2-fid; lower very short, 3-lobed. Stamens subexserted; 

 anther-cells equal, parallel, bases obtuse. Ovary 1-celled; placentas 2-3, 

 2-partite ; stigma dilated, broadly 2-lobed. Capsule 2-valved, valves at first 

 cohering with the style. Seeds numerous, minute, ellipsoid, subglobose or 

 compressed, testa reticulate. — Species 5, N.E. Asia, N.W. America and the 

 Himalaya. 



B. Iximalaicaj Sook. f. S/ Thorns. Serb. Ind. Or.; calyx truncate 

 quite entire, flowers f in. long, upper lip of coroUa cymbiform entire, lateral 

 lobes of lower minute subulate median obsolete, capsules |-1 in., seeds 

 orbicular, testa very lax loosely reticulate. 



Tempeeate and Subalmnb Himalaya, on Rhododendron roots; Oarwhal and 

 Kumaon, alt. 8-10,000 ft., StracA. ^ Winterb.; Sikkim, alt. 10-13,000 ft., J. D. S., 

 Clarice. 



Plant 6-18 in. high, pale brown, base tuberous ; stem often as thick as the thumb. 

 Scales numerous, rigid, J-| in., oblong or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or acute. Sacemes 

 3-8 in., stout, dense-fld., pale ochreous brown streaked with red brown; bracts 



Hin., broadly ovate, acute or obtuse, half as long as the flower or longer; pedicels 

 f-g in., stout. Calyx-limb quite entire. Corolla puberulous, erect, nearly straight. 

 Stamens finally exserted, filaments glabrous except at the very base yellow ; anthers 

 small, blueish. Ovary with 2 or 3 placentas, each with revolute divisions covered with 

 ovules. Capsule ovoid-ioblong, thickly coriaceous, irregularly 2-3-valved; pedice 



