Lathrce'a.~\ 
LXII. SCROPHOLAItlACE-iE. 
303 
Parasitical on the roots of Achillea Millefolium, and probably other 
! allied genera, in the Channel Islands, If.. 7,8. — Mr. Bentham 
says the Jersey plant is O. ccerulea ; we have seen no specimen. 
10. O. ccerulea Vill. ( purple B.) ; stem simple, calyx with 5 
lanceolate acute teeth shorter than the tube of the corolla, 
corolla tubular curved in front, middle of the tube compressed, 
upper lip of the corolla cloven, lobes of the lips acute with re- 
flexed margins, anthers glabrous, style glandular-downy, stigma 
scarcely 2-lobed white. E. B. t. 423. 
Grassy pastures near the sea, rare ; Herts ; Isle of Wight ; Chep- 
stow ; Norfolk. 2 /.. 6 — 8. — More inclined to purplish-blue than any 
of the preceding. 
11. O. ramosa L. (branched B.) ; stem branched, calyx with 
4 triangular ovate acuminate teeth, corolla tubular-infundibuli- 
form, upper lip deeply cloven, all the lobes rounded nearly 
equal, stamens pubescent at the base, anthers glabrous or slightly 
ciliate, style sparingly glandular. E. B. t. 184. 
On hemp-roots, very rare ; occasionally found in Norfolk and 
Suffolk. Jersey. Sark. ©. 7 — 9. 
2. Lathra/a Linn. Tooth-wort. 
Cal. campanulate, equally 4-cleft. Cor.- tubular, 2-lipped : 
the upper lip concave, entire ; lower 3-cleft. Germen with 
a depressed gland at the base. — Plants leafless , coloured . — 
Name: Xadpaioc, kid or concealed; the plant .growing much 
concealed by the earth or dead leaves. 
1. L. sqnamuria L. (greater T.); stem simple, flowers pen- 
dulous in one-sided racemes, lower lip of the corolla 3-cleft. 
E. B. t. 50. 
Woods and coppices, apparently parasitical on the roots of hazels, 
elms, and other trees, in various parts of England, Scotland, and 
Ireland. If.. 3 — 5. — Branching from the very base. Whole plant 
succulent, with many fleshy, tooth-like scales. Bracteas broadly 
ovate or lanceolate. Flowers purplish. 
Ord. LXII. SCROPHULARIACE2E Juss. 
Calyx 4 — 5-lobed, persistent. Corolla monopetalous, ge- 
nerally irregular, deciduous, with an imbricative aestivation. 
Stamens 4, didynamous, rarely equal, sometimes 2 or 5. Style 
1. Stigma 2-lobed, rarely undivided. Capsule (very seldom 
fleshy) 2-celled, 2 — 4-valved (septicidal or loculicidal, often 
septifragal), or opening by pores ; the valves entire or bifid ; 
dissepiment parallel or opposite to the valves. Receptacle of 
the seeds central, united to the dissepiment, or eventually 
separating, entire or splitting into 2 or 4. Seeds few or nu- 
merous, ascending. Embryo straight or slightly curved, 
homotropal, enclosed in a fleshy albumen. Radicle inferior 
