BROOMRAPE FAMILY 5 
asitic on various plants, principally on pasinngncees a3 n Sedum, open woods and mossy banks, Transi- 
aed § ower Roe bwin Montana a and British Columbia ra mie ic ge my and east to the Rocky Moun- 
Hema so Peas “Wooded y hills,” Zac central California. Mar 
nche uniflora var. edn (Heller) Achey, Bull. Torrey ye er yi 1933. (Thalesia purpurea 
Heller, I Bull. Porras —_ 24: 313. 1897; Aphyllon inundatum Suksd. Allg. Bot. a a ~ 27. sl Reo yg eg 
uniflora £. inundata Beck, Pflanze — "4201; “49, 1930; O. porphyrantha Beck, t.) Stems 
sometimes branche d; Sato: usually 2 , 5-15(20) em. lon ng, rather stout, slandular aie cor olla = 2 a 
long, pale to deep visket, somewhat streaked with yellow, tube ms mewhat cu throat constricted below, about 
6-8 mm. wide above; corolla-lobes ae or bel spreading; anthers gla vale or hairy. Parasitic on vario 
plants ochwicae the ‘Compositae, open rocky ground; Idaho pie British Columbia —_ through Washington ana 
Oregon to Nevada eno in neal Sierra Nevada os Santa Cruz County in the Coa t Ranges, California. Type 
locality: near Lewiston, Nez Per e County, Idaho 
nih aching th “ Pical anectan. hi is Teil we ostly in the eastern United States, in growth habit but 
differing by having Sane: attenuate caly ge instead "Of triangular-acute lobes that scarcely surpass the calyx- 
ike, : characteristic of the eastern speci 
2. Orobanche fasciculata Nutt. Clustered Broomrape. Fig. 4950. 
Orobanche fasciculata Nutt. Gen. 2: 59. 1818. 
Loxanthes deg ie nts s Raf. Neogen, 3. 1825. 
Anoplanthus fascicu ial hig Rep. 3: 480. 1844-45. 
Aphylion fantail ray ex A. Gray, i ed. 2. 281. 1856. 
Thalesia fasciculata gts "Mem, Torrey Club 5: 1894 
Stems fleshy, mostly subterranean ory rising 2-6 cm. above ground, simple or compound with 
several sett branches bearing prominent scales and several to many 1-flow tpn Lather Is, laselitia- 
ub u mm. bi 
2-3 cm. long, the tube —— its hes usually 5-6 mm. long and usually iomndar capsule Siaudie 
ovoid, mostly 8-10 mm. lon 
Parasitic on the roots ts various Sen s, Transition Zone; British Bese eg to southern California east to 
Michigan. In the Pacific States it is found in the Olympic, Cascade e, and Blue Mpuntains of Wee and 
Oregon, and in the foo Ranges and. pers Nevada in California, Typ - locality : ros Mandan, North Dakota. 
May-— ~Aug. A variable species from which two intergrading varieties have been get ted. 
banche fasciculata var. Hiei gp hataee Achey, Bull. Torrey Club 60: 449, fos 12-13. 1933. hwo 
lutea Parry, Amer, Nat. 8: 214. 1874; Aphyllon Fi ee sor var. alg ve Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 21: 312. 
1878; Orobanche fasciculata f. lutea Beck, Pflanzenreich 251 1930:) Calyaicbes 6 qualing or al th than 
the tube; oe sone and sometimes tinged with rag eee corolla-tube slightly constricted at ase, corolla-lobes 
usually acute. asitic on grasses and other hosts; Alberta, Montan na, and Idaho south i e Pacific States to 
northern California, east to North and South Dakota, gute south to Chihuahua esi Son sore. ss locality: Owl 
Creek, Wyoming. 
Oroban ae fasciculata var. franciscana Achey, Bull. Torrey Club 60: 450. figs. 14-15. 1933. Pedicels 4-12; 
calyx-lobes somewhat longer than the tube; corolla straw-colored tinged with purple, corolla-tube not constricted, 
corolla- ons nded or truncate, someti beac acute. Parasitic on various hosts; ee Oregon south to San 
Diego ate "California. Type locality: Mount Tamalpais, Marin County, California 
3. Orobanche bulbésa Beck. Chaparral Broomrape. Fig. 4951. 
Focsusred lrgitastg Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. i 2h 1868. 
A phyllon tub m A. Gray, Bot. Calif. i: nop 
Orobanche bu i Beck, Bibl. Bot. 4: 83. pi. 1, rae 
Orobanche tuberosa Heller, Cat. N. Amer. eo a ae oe Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. 2: 92, 1838. 
tems fleshy, dark purplish brown, arising from a tuber-like attachment to hos 1-2 dm. high, 
the stems much enlarged and sometimes bulbous at base. Scales at the base ‘roars ovate, obtuse 
r ar to eolate, acute, spreading, puberu- 
in color from yellow or brownish to purple 
ar so, the lobes 2 mm. or more long, acute, 
4949. Orobanche uniflora 
4950. Orobanche fasciculata 
