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few hail’s on their upper half. Anth. whitish when dry. Stem 
2 — 3 feet high. — Parasitical upon Centaurea Scabiosa, rare. 
P. ? VI. E. 
5. 0. Hedera (Duby); scji. 1 -nerved ovate below suddenly 
contracted into 1 or 2 subulate jioints nearly or quite as long as 
the tube of the cor., cor. tubular arcuate : lips denticulated wavy, 
upjier one bilohed porrect, lobes of the lower lip nearly equal the 
middle one longest, stain, inserted near to the base of the cor. 
glabrous with a few scattered hairs on their lower jiart, style 
glabrous with a few hairs on the ujiper jiart, stigma scarcely bi- 
lohed. — O. barbata R., Bab., not Poir., according to Koch 
(Syn. ed. 2. 618.), E. B. S. 2859. — Lobes of the stigma attached 
together by at least ^ of their circumference, yellow. Anth. fus- 
cous, rather ])aler when dry. St. puriilish. — In sjieaking of this 
plant, which he is not jirejiared to admit. Sir W. J. Hooker justly 
observes that the British species “ need a careful revision with the 
aid of living specimens.” — Parasitical upon Ivy. P.VII. E. I. 
6. 0. minor (Siitt.); sep. many-nerved ovate below suddenly 
contracted into 1 or 2 subulate points as long or longer than the 
tube of the cor., cor. tubular arcuate : lips obtusely denticulated 
wavy, ujijier liji bilobed porrect, lobes of the lower lip equal, 
stain, inserted below the middle of the cor. glabrous with a few 
scattered hairs below, style glabrous with a line of distant hairs 
on its anterior side, stigma bilobed . — E. B. 422. — Stigma ap- 
proximately lobed : lobes only just touching at one point, jivTple. 
Anth. yellow when dn’. — Parasitical chiefly upon Trifolium pra- 
tense. A. ? VI. VII. 
7. 0. amethystea (Thuill.); sep. many-nei’ved ovate below 
suddenly contracted into 1 or 2 subulate points, cor. tubular 
curved immediately from the base otherwise straight : lijis un- 
equally acutely denticulate wavv', upper lip hooded jiorrect 
notched, lobes of lower lip unequal middle one larger, stam. in- 
serted in the curvatm'e of the cor. glabrous with many hau’s at 
the base within, stigma bilobed. — Atl. FI. Par. 1. 19. E. 0. Eryn- 
gii Duby. — Lobes of stig. “ divaricate, purple.’’’’ (Ilore. Phytol. 
ii. 239.) — “ Parasitical upon Daucus maritimus.” Whitsand Bay, 
Cornwall. A.? VII. E. 
** Sep. 4 or 5, connected below. Bracts 3. Phelip^a Desf. 
8. 0. arenaria (Bork.); cal. of 5 sep. tubular with triangulai’- 
subulate teeth shorter than the tube of the cor., cor. tubular 
slightly curved in front, the middle of the tube compressed on the 
back, throat slightly inflated externally glandular, lobes of the lips 
obtuse with reflexed margins, lower lip hairy within, suture of 
the anth. hairy.— Atl. FI. Par. 1. 19. L. — Stigma scarcely 2-lobed, 
style ])ale yellow (?), glauduhu-. Filaments glabrous with a few 
