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OROBA'NCHE* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Didyna'miaI, Angiospe'rmia %. 
Natural Order. Oroba'nche.e, Juss . — Lindl. Syn. p. 193.; 
Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 227. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 433. — 
Loud. Hort. Brit, p.529. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Card, and Bot. v.iv. 
p. 627- — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 205. — Hook. Brit. FI. (4th edit.) p. 
414. — Akin to Pediculares, Juss. Gen. PI. pp. 99 & 101. — Sm. 
Gram, of Bot. p. 96. — Syringales; subord. Primulos/e; sect. 
Menthi.v.® ; type, Orobanchaceje ; Burn. Outl. ot Bot. v. ii. 
pp. 900, 958, & 960. — Personate, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (see fig. 1.) inferior, of 2 lateral, opposite, 
pointed, coloured, undivided or cloven, permanent sepals ; with 
from 1 to 3 bracteas, Corolla (fig. 2.) tubular, ringent, withering ; 
tube egg-shaped, curved, finally membranous ; upper lip concave, 
notched, more or less dilated and spreading at the margin ; lower 
lip reflexed, in 3, somewhat unequal, wavy lobes. Nectary a gland 
under the germen. Filaments (figs. 3 & 4.) 4, didynamous, from 
the base of the corolla, almost as long as the tube, awl-shaped, flat- 
tened and somewhat dilated downwards, variously and partially 
downy and glandular. Anthers incumbent, of 2 lobes, rounded 
at the top, .pointed below. Germen egg-oblong. Style (see fig. 5.) 
terminal, cylindrical, incurved, as long as the stamens. Stigma 
large, deflexed, of 2 or 3 globular lobes. Capsule (see figs. 5 & 6.) 
egg-shaped, pointed, of 1 cell, and 2 valves, with 2 longitudinal 
■placentas ( receptacles ) proceeding from the middle part of each 
valve. Seeds very numerous, minute, wrinkled, covering the 
placentas. 
The calyx of 2 lateral, often combined and bifid segments, with 
from 1 to 3 bracteas ; the 4- or 5-cleft, ringent- corolla ; the gland 
at the base of the germen ; and the 1 -celled, 2-valved capsule, with 
4 parietal, longitudinal placentas ; will distinguish this from other 
genera in the same class and order. 
Seven species British. 
OROBA'NCHE MINOR. Lesser Brome-rape. 
Spec. Char. Stem simple. Corolla nearly cylindrical, lower 
lip with curled segments, the middle one largest and lobed. Stamens 
fringed. Style smooth. 
Engl. Bot. t. 422. — Sutton, in Tr. of Linn. Soc. v. iv. p. 179. — Sm. PI. Brit. v. ii. 
p. 670. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. iii. pt. i. p. 350. — Sm. Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 148. — With. 
(7th ed.) v. iii. p. 744. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 314. — Lindl. Syn. p. 194. — Hook. 
Brit. FI. p. 292. — Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 175. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. iii. p. 55. — Rev. 
G. E. Smith’s PI. of S. Kent, p. 36. — FI. Devon, pp. 107 & 149. — Don’s Gen. Syst. 
of Gard. and Bot. v.iv. p. 629. — Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 182. — Bah. FI. Bath. p. 
Fig. 1. Bractea, Calyx, and Corolla. — Fig. 2. Corolla. — Fig. 3. Stamens. — Fig. 4. 
A separate Stamen, slightly magnified. — Figs. 5 & 6. Unripe Capsules. — The figure 
on the Tight of the latter is part of a plant of Trifolium pratense, to which the 
Orobanche was attached. 
* From orobos, Gr. a laguminose or pea-like plant; and ancho, Gr. t# 
strangle fq. d. Strangle Tare); from its supposed power of destroying the 
plant on which it grows. Withering. 
f See folio 31, note f. 
4 See folio 72, note t. 
