BROOMRAPE FAMILY 9 
11. sasieetia minor J. E. Smith. a Broomrape. Fig. 4959. 
nche minor J. E. Smith in Sowerby & Smith, Engl. Bot. 6: pl. 4 1797. 
paresis area a 39 John & En slish, ae. Biol. Soc. Wash. 44: i ke 
Stem pubescent, rather stout, simple, 14.5 dm. high, aN cpdaty brown. gale scales nu- 
merous, ae ate, the upper sericea, lanceolate, ac 6-18 mm. long; spike rather oy 
flowered, see iatly below, 8-20 cm. lon oral bracts la eRe te, aha the length of the corolla- 
tube ; calyx TT almost to the te nice and below, the lateral lobes 2-cleft into tee lee 
late segments ; corolla 1-1.5 cm. long, the tube w hite or blu ish, the limb white or bluish with violet 
markings, the se rounded a spreading, much shorter than the tube. 
Parasitic on of clover, naturalized from Europe; Clarke County, western Washington, and in 
Multnomah and Tillamook, ca ig een: alse eastern United States. May-July. 
2. BOSCHNIAKIA C. A. Mey. ex Bong. Mém. Acad. St. Pétersb, VI 2: 159. 
1832 
Stems short and fleshy with a large tuber-like base at the point of attachment to host. 
Leaves closely imbricated, red or yeliowish. Flowers ih aS pe ed, ramose-spicate, 
closely subtended by foliaceous bracts. atte cupulate, ity or 1—5-toothed. Corolla- 
tube curved, dilated at base, limb bilabiate: upper lip co €, ae ire or 2-toothed, lower 
lip 3-lobed. Stamens hairy, inserted near middle of Suihe < “linens hairy at base. Ovary 
1-celled with 2-4 parietal placentae; stigma asymmetrical or distinctly lobed. Capsule 3-4. 
valved. Seeds large, alveolate. [Name in honor of Boschniaki, a Russian botanist ia 
4955. Orobanche corymbosa 
4956. Orobanche cooperi 
4957. Orobanche multiflora 
4958. Orobanch 
