OROBANCIIEiE. 
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Order LVII. OROBANCHEiE. 
Cal. variously divided, persistent. Cor. irregular, usually 2- 
lipped, imbricate. Stam. on the cor. 4, didynamous. Ovary in 
a fleshy disk, 1-celled, with '2 or more parietal placentas. Stigma 
2-lobed. Fr. capsular, 2-valved, many-seeded. 
1. Orobanche. Cal. 4-cleft or of 2 usually bifid sepals. Cor. 
ringent, 4 — 5-cleft, deciduous, its base persistent. Bracts 
1—3. 
2. Lathr.^a. Cor. 2-lipped, the upper lip galeate, deciduous, 
entire. Otherwise like Orobanche. 
1. Orobanche Linn. 
* Sepals 2, entire or bifid, separate or connected below in front. 
Bract 1. 
1. 0. major (L.) ; sep. 2-nerved equally bifid nearly as long as 
the tube of the corolla, cor. bellshaped ventricose at the base in 
front arcuate, lips wavy obsoletely denticulated (not fringed), 
upper lip helmetshaped scarcely emarginate : sides patent, middle 
lobe of the lower lip much longer than the lateral lobes, stam. 
inserted at the base of the cor. glabrous below their upper part 
and the style glandular-pubescent. — E. B. 421. R. Icon. f. 900 
and 923. 0. Rapitm Koch. — Stiyma distantly bilobed, yellow. 
Anth. white when dry. For a full description from fresh speci- 
mens see Leiyht. Fl. Shrop. 302. — Parasitical upon Broom, 
Furze and other shrubby leguminous plants. P. VI. VII. 
Greater Broom-rape. 
2. 0. rubra (Sm.) ; sep. 1 -nerved lanceolate subulate-atte- 
nuated longer than the tube of the cor. undivided, cor. bellshaped 
arcuate ylandular-jittbescent externally and the upper lip internally, 
lips acutely denticulated and crisped, upper lip emarginate : sides 
patent, lobes of the lower lip nearly equal intermediate lobe 
rather longer, stam. inserted near to the base of the corolla slightly 
pilose within below, their apex and the upper part of the stvle 
slightly glandular-pilose— E. B. 1786 (bad). R. Icon. f. 885. 
0. epithymum DC. ?, Koch? — Stiyma approximately 2-lobed, pale 
red. Anth. fuscous when dry. Sep. with a second faint nerve near 
their anterior margin and, in the dry plant, there is the appear- 
ance of several more. L. few. Sweet-scented. — Description 
drawn from fresh Cornish specimens. — Parasitical upon Thymus 
Serpyllum. P. VII. VIII. 
3. 0. caryophyllea (Sm.) ; sep. many-nerved (?) lanceolate 
equally bifid shorter (?) than the tube of the cor. distinct or com- 
bined in front, cor. tubular -bellshaped curved on the back, lips 
spreading, upper one 2-lobed : lobes porrect, lobes of the lower 
lip nearly equal rounded wavy, stam. inserted above the base of 
