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COMPRISING THE 



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By Thomas Bruges Flower, M.R.C.S., F.L.S., &c, &c. 

 No. XII. 



ORDER. OROBANCHACE2E. (VENT.) 

 Orobanche, (Linn.) Broom-rape. 

 Linn. CI. xiv. Ord. ii. 



Named from orobos, (Gr.) a legurainose or pea-like plant ; and 

 anchein, to strangle; owing to its supposed power of destroying 

 the plant on which it grows. 



1. 0. Rapuni, (Thuill.) greater Broom -rape. 0. major, (L.) Sm., 

 Engl. Bot. t. 421. Reich. Icones, t. 900 and 923. 



Locality. Parasitical on the roots of furze, and broom, and other 

 shrubby Leguminiferga. P. Fl. Mag, July. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 

 South Division. 



1. South-east District, " Dry banks by the sides of the road from 

 Amesbury to Stonehenge," Dr. Maton. Nat. Hist. Wilts. " On 

 the roots of furze on Amesbury Down," Major Smith. " Amesbury," 

 Dr. Southby. 



2. South Middle District, On furze at Nine Hills Drew's Pond, 

 Devizes, and near Seend. " On broom and furze at Heytesbury," 



Miss Sehvyn. 



3. South-west District, Longleat Park. " Corsley," Miss Griffith. 

 " Warminster," Mr. Wheeler. 



North Division. 



4. North-west District, On the roots of Sarothamnus scoparius at 

 Bowden Hill, and Spye Park. " Winsley," Flor. Bath. " Kington 

 St. Michael," Rev. E. Rowlandson. ''Chippenham," Dr. Prior. 



5. North-east District, "Martin," Miss M. A. Self. "Great 

 Bedwyn," Mr. William Bartlett. 



A heal plant in the county, and the largest of our Wiltshire 



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