QROBlNCHAOfUE. L M 



but furnished with a few small, distant, ovale, pale scales, and bearing at the top 

 2 loC large, deep-yellow crowded Cowers. 



Order G8. Q-ROBANCHAGEJE.— Broom-rape Family. 



Herbs destitute of green fblihge, gtvuflnQ parasitica 1 !}/ vpon the rofAt of «V, r 

 pUn's. with dtdj/namout flowers, a 1-eeUed otary vxiihi or4 parietal placentas and 



many-scai-cl capsules. GAITS persistent, 4 to 5-toothed or parted. Corolla tubular, 

 more i c Lsss2-lippcd, ringent, persistent. Siami-.ns, 4, more or less dydanamous? in- 

 ported on the tuba of the corolla; AXTrfERS 2-cellcd. OVARY free, ovoid, pviuted 

 wichaloug style which is curved atthe spex; syicma large. 



1. EPIPHEGUS, Nutt. Beech-drops. 



3¥. fpi, upon, plitgtts the beech ; because it grows on the roots of that tree. '■ 



Flowers monuc3iously-poiygamou.3, racemose or spiked, 

 scattered on the branches. Calyx 5-toothed. Stigma cap- 

 itate, somewhat 2-lobed. Capsule 2-valved at the apex, 

 with 2 approxima.e placenta) on each. — Low perennials, with 

 lurid t/elhwish or brownish scales instead of leaves, and simple 

 branches floriforom their whole length, the vpper fiuicers 

 sterile, with a long tubidur corolla and fortg filaments and 

 style ; the lower fertile, with a very short corolla, tchic'h'sSldofii 

 opmSf but is forced off from the base by the growth of the cap- 

 sule. 



1. E. Virgixiana. Bart. Cancer-root. 



Whole plant purplish-brown; stem branched, leafless; fioivers remote, altercate. 



Common under the shade of Beech-trees, parasitic on their roots, 6 to 12 iucl o-< 

 high, much branched, Blender, with scattered inconspicuous scales. Carotin of 

 fclie upper-flowers whitish and purple, J^ inch long, curved, 4-toothed, the upper ii^ 

 broadest, notched af the apex, arched. Heeds very numerous, shining. 



2. COXOPHOLIS, . Wallr. Squaw-boot. 



Qr.J.(xi*3; zf.rcon:, and ph -lis, a sadf.; the lower scales covering each-oth«* plmi. 

 lar to those of the fir-cone. 



Flowers in a thick scaly spike, perfect with 2-bractlets 

 at the base of the irregular calyx. Corolla tubular, swelled 

 at the base, 2-lipped ; the upper lip arched, notched at the 

 summit, the lower short, 3-parted, spreading. Stamens 

 protruded. Stigma depressed. Capsule with 4 placenta*, 

 approximate in pairs on the middle of each valve. 



1." (J. AMERICANA, Wallroth. American Broomrape. 



SUm simple, covered with oval lanceolate imbricated scales ; spike smooth, termi- 

 nal ; corolla recurved. (Orobanche Americana, L.) 



Oak woods, growing in clusters among fallen leaves. May, June. A singular 

 plan; chestnut colored or yellowish throughout, 4 to inches high,- -very sm^aix. 



