OROBANCHE. uy 
2. O. rubra (Sm.); sep. 1-nerved lanceolate subulate-attenu- 
ated longer than the tube of the cor. undivided, cor. bellshaped 
arcuate glandular-pubescent externally and the upper lip internally, 
Ups acutely denticulated and crisped, upper lip emarginate, sides 
patent, lobes of the lower lip nearly equal intermediate lobe 
rather longer, stam. inserted near to the base of the corolla slightly 
pilose within below, their apex and the upper part of the style 
slightly glandular-pilose.— FE. B. 1786 (bad). R. I. £.885. Pro- 
bably O. epithymum DC., Koch, Fries (Mant. iii. 59), but there 
are some discrepancies in the descriptions.—Stigma approsi- 
mately 2-lobed, pale red. Anth. fuscous when dry. Sep. with 
a second faint nerve near their anterior margin and, in the dry 
plant, there is the appearance of several more. L. few. Sweet- 
scented.—Description drawn from fresh Cornish specimens.— 
Parasitical upon Thymus Serpyllum. P. VI.—VIII. 
3. O. caryophyllacea (Sm.); sep. many-nerved lanceolate 
equally bifid shorter than the tube of the cor. distinct or com- 
bined in front, cor, tubular-bellshaped curved on the back, lips 
spreading, upper one 2-lobed, lobes porrect, lobes of the lower 
lip nearly equal rounded wavy, stam. inserted above the base of 
the cor. hairy within below, above together with the style glan- 
dular-pilose.—E. B. S. 2639. O. Galii Duby, Koch.—Stigma 
purplish-black, approximately lobed. Anth. fuscous, yellow when 
dry. Sep. with crisped glandular hairs externally, each lobe with 
1 strong nerve and several slender ones. Cor. similarly hairy on 
both sides.—Described from fresh Kentish specimens.—On 
Galium Mollugo in Kent. P. VI. VII. 
4. O. elatior (Sutt.); sep. many-nerved equally bifid as long 
as the tube of the cor. connected in front, cor. curved tubular 
slightly compressed above, upper lip 2-lobed toothed, lobes inflexed, 
lower, lip of 3 nearly equal acute lobes toothed, stam. inserted 
above the base of the cor. glandular-hairy in the lower half 
within.—E. B. 568. O. major (L.) Fries. —Stigma bilobed yellow. 
Upper lip of the cor. usually with an elevated point between the 
lobes. Cor. glandular externally. The stam. sometimes have a 
few hairs on their upper half. Anth. whitish when dry. Stem 
2—3 feet high.—Parasitical upon Centaurea Scabiosa, rare. 
P.? VI. VII. 
5. O. Picridis (F. W. Schultz); sep. 1—3-nerved entire or 
toothed in front below gradually narrowed into 1 or 2 subulate 
points, cor. tubular-bellshaped its back nearly straight and com- 
pressed slightly curved at each end, lips denticulate wavy upper 
not notched its sides porrect, stam. inserted below the middle of 
the cor.-tube hairy in their lower half within, style glandular be- 
low in front and above throughout, stigma bilobed.—Lobes of 
the stigma just touching, purple. Auth. fuscous, pale purple or 
