Orobanche .] 
LXI. OROBAN CHACEiE. 
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4. O. eldtior Sutt. ( tall B .); stem simple, sepals many-nerved 
equally bifid as long as the tube of the corolla connected in 
front, corolla tubular-campanulate curved, limb spreading un- 
equally toothed wavy, upper lip 2-lobed, lower 3-lobed, the 
segments nearly equal acute, stamens inserted below the middle 
of the tube of the corolla glandular-hairy in their lower half, 
upper part and the style nearly glabrous, stigma 2-lobed yellow. 
E. B. t. 568. 
Clover-fields and bushy places in a light gravelly soil, on Cen- 
taurea Scabiosa, in several parts of England. It. 6 — 8. — Taller 
and yellower than all the preceding. Flowers with their upper lip 
lobed. “ Stamens inserted above the third part of the tube of the 
cor., but below its middle.” 
5. 0. Picridis F. W. Schultz ( Picris B.) ; stem simple, 
sepals 1 -nerved entire or in front 2 — 3-nerved, gradually atte- 
nuated into as many subulate points longer than the tube of 
the corolla, corolla tubular ventricose at the base curved at 
the apex nearly straight at the back, leaves denticulate wavy, 
upper nearly undivided its sides straight, lower of 3 roundish 
rather unequal lobes middle one the largest, stamens inserted 
below the middle of the tube hairy on the lower half within, 
style glandular-hairy below in front and on its upper half, lobes 
of the stigma (purple) nearly distinct close. E. B. S. t. 2956. 
On the roots of Picris hieracioid.es. Near Comberton, Cambridge- 
shire; Giltar Head, Pembrokeshire ; Rose Hall Green, Isle of Wight. 
0. 6, 7. — This and the three next are probably mere varieties, the 
characters assigned by authors being very unsatisfactory and some- 
what contradictory ; but from not having an opportunity of contrast- 
ing them in a living state, we yield to the opinion of others. Dr. 
Bromfield however was inclined to unite the present species with 0. 
minor, from which it chiefly differs by the sepals, while he considered 
O. Hederce to be distinct. 
6. 0. minor Sutt. ( lesser B.) ; stem simple, sepals many-nerved 
ovate below suddenly contracted into 1 — 2 subulate points as 
long or longer than the tube of the corolla, corolla tubular 
curved, limb obtusely toothed veined wavy, upper lip more or 
less emarginate its sides straight, lower of 3 roundish nearly equal 
lobes, stamens inserted below the middle of the tube glabrous 
more or less hairy below, style nearly glabrous or with scattered 
hairs in front, lobes of the stigma (purple) nearly distinct close. 
E. B. t. 422. 
Clover-fields, abundant in Norfolk, Kent, Surrey, Hants, Breck- 
nockshire, &c., “ parasitical on a variety of plants of very different 
natural orders, but most frequently on the roots of Trifolium pra- 
tense.” Bromf. ©. 6 — 10. — Dr. Bromfield well observed that the 
hairiness of the stamens varies exceedingly, and it is to be feared that 
the style does so likewise throughout the whole genus. 
