Orobanche. ] LV. OROBANCHACEH. 323 
the Channel Islands, 7. early summer. The O. arenaria, a larger 
plant, of a paler blue, with hairy anthers, parasitival on Artemisias in light, 
sandy soils, has been found in Alderney, 
7, Os. ramosa, Linn, (fig. 722). Branched Broomrape.—Very much 
smaller than O. cerulea, of a pale straw-colour, with smaller pale-blue 
flowers. Stem often branched, seldom above 6 inches high. Flowers 
shaped like those of O, cerulea, and, like them, they have two small 
lateral bracts besides the larger one; but the calyx is split at the back, 
and has only 4 lobes, as in the brown Orobanches. 
On Hemp, Lucern, and some other crops, chiefly in southern Europe, 
and has been found, though very rarely, in some of the southern and 
eastern counties of England. 7. summer. 
Il. LATHRZAA. LATHRAA. 
A small genus closely allied to Orobanche, but the flowers are less 
irregular, the calyx broadly campanulate or inflated, with 4 short, broad, 
erect lobes, the upper lobe of the corolla forming a more or less distinct 
upper lip, and the 4 placentas to which the seeds are attached in the 
capsule are more fleshy, and more distinctly united in pairs, 
1, G. squamaria. Linn. (fig. 723). Common Lathrea, Toothwort.— 
A pale rose-coloured plant, with flesh-coloured or slightly bluish flowers, 
streaked with purple or dark red. Rootstock fleshy and creeping, covered 
with close-set, short, thick, fleshy scales. Flowering stems erect, from 3 
or 4 inches to neara foot high, with a few broad, orbicular, much less 
fleshy scales, passing gradually into the bracts. Flowers numerous and 
nodding, in a dense spike, or sometimes shortly stalked. Calyx about 5 
lines long. Corolla half as long again, the upper lip entire or slightly 
notched. Stamens and style nearly as long as the corolla, or sometimes, 
especially the style, projecting beyond it. 
On the roots of trees, especially the Hazel, throughout Europe and 
central and Russian Asia, except the extreme north. Not uncommon in 
England and Ireland, and extends into the central counties of Scotland. 
Fl. early spring. 
LVI. SCROPHULARINEZ. SCROPHULARIA FAMILY. 
Herbs, or in some exotic species shrubs, with opposite or 
alternate leaves, and no stipules. Calyx persisting round the 
fruit, usually with 5 teeth or segments, sometimes fewer. 
Corolla monopetalous, usually 2-lipped, but sometimes nearly 
regular, with 4, 5, or rarely more lobes, always overlapping 
one another in the bud. Stamens usually 2, or 4 in 2 pairs, 
very rarely 5, inserted in the tube of the corolla, Ovary and 
capsule divided into 2 cells, with several seeds in each cell. 
Style simple, usually ending in a 2-cleft stigma, 
A numerous family, widely diffused over the globe, from the Arctic Circle 
to the tropics, although more abundant in temperate regions than in the 
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