Plate 28 . 
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THE BROOM-RAPE FAMILY. (ORDER lvi.OROBANCH ACE/E.) 
jCALYA of 4 SEFALS,rarety 5, which vary i n their 
^ combination, sometimes being only united' Jlj 
at the base, but generally being united in-jfflhL 
to a tube which is 2-lipped (bilabiatepthe 
lips being entire or cleft, remaining with 
SEP/ the fruit (persistent), inserted below the 
seedcase (inferior). 
COROLLA of 4 or 5 PETALS, united into 
jMgy a 2-lipped (bi-libiate) tube,, often. bell- 
JQm shaped (Campanutate), usually curw J Wr|J KA? 
- | ed. the upper lip being usually 2- 
cbcd dnd the Lower globed. insert- 
y.xT ed below the seedcase (hypogynous). 
STAMENS 4,in urn .. m&JBBlB ■ . 
dynamous), inserted in the ccrolla-^i^Oj Itf 
/f- tube upi-petalcan 'wp^j: ijwj f jj 
*^L PISTIL of 2-4 CARPELS, united into ' K ; V 
& 1 -celled seedcase, a single style,and a Ary 2 ser 
WjBT a 2- tobed stigma. jJl 
P^/ rRPJT a caps tile, i-celtcd, many- JjSt 
seeded wi tn the seeds attached to ffc* 
I 2 or 4 ridges on the cell-walls accord- 
I ing to the number of carpels (parietal J 
placentce),openingby2 valves. mm W-l w 
jf FLOWERS in a terminal spike with 2 pgv 
/ or 3 small scale-tike bracts. ' 4 
STEMS thick and fleshy, usually simple, PWmjumjf 
rarely branched, brownish red or flesh- ,c 
colour never green . 
LEAvTS absent, their place bang taken 
by fleshy bracts. _ ^ ' 
ROOTS deriving their nourishment BBf.pis 
other plants iparasitiepor from decaying \ ) 
vegetable matter ( saprophi lien '•■MB - / ' ■ m 
DISTINGUISHED' BY the absenceof green u M/T' 
colouring matter and leaves and by the jjr l % 
i-cetted fruit from the Snapdragon Family ’AM M. \ / 1) 
and bv < 7 ^^ the 2 -tobed( bilabiate) coroLla . a ) 
TCDTHWORT 
section 
of fruit 
corolla w 
& stamens 
from tneV" 
•it resembles' 
LATH REA 
SQUAMARIA 
jOROBANCHE ELATIOR. 
