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(4) Tall Broom-rape. (Oroban'che eldtior.) — Flowers large, 1 inch long ; corolla very narrow 
and curved; stamens hairy towards the base, inserted near the base of the corolla-tube ; 
stigma of 2 yellow lobes touching one another. On Great Knapweed. 
(5) Lesser Broom-rape. (Oroban'che minor.) — Flowers small, f inch long ; corolla-tube 
narrow and curved throughout, the lower lip with 3 equal lobes ; stamens hairy below, 
inserted just below the middle of corolla-tube ; stigma of 2 slightly diverging purple 
lobes. On Clover, &c. 
(6) Ox-tongue Broom-rape. (Oroban'che Picridis.) — Differing from the Lesser Broom-rape 
in the paler colour of the whole plant, and in the lobes of the stigma touching one 
another. On the Hawkweed Ox-tongue. 
(7) Ivy Broom-rape. (Oroban'che Hed'ene.) — Differing from the Lesser Broom-rape in the 
central lobe of the corolla lower lip being larger than the side ones, and in the stigma 
having 2 yellow lobes touching one another. On Ivy. 
(8) Purple Broom-rape. (Oroban'che amethys'tea.) — Differing from the Lesser Broom-rape in 
the corolla-tube being curved from the base and then straight, and in the middle lobe 
of the lower lip being larger. 
Three bracts below each flower ; stamens inserted just below the middle of the corolla-tube ; 
capsule opening at the top by 2 valves. 
(9) Blue Broom-rape. (Oroban'che purpurea.) — Flowers f-i inch long; calyx of 5 sepals; 
corolla 2-lipped but all the lobes pointed and more equal ; stigma white, scarcely 
lobed. On Common Yarrow. 
(10) *Sand Broom-rape. (Oroban'che arenaria.) — Flowers 1-1J inches long; calyx of 5 sepals; 
corolla 2-lipped but all the lobes pointed and more equal ; anthers hairy ; stigma 
yellow (?), scarcely lobed. On Field Wormwood. 
(1 1) *Branched Broom-rape. (Oroban'che ramosa.)— Flowers | inch long; calyx of 4 
sepals ; corolla-lobes blunt ; stigma whitish, scarcely lobed ; stem branched. On 
Hemp, &c. 
1 . Greater Broom-rape. (Oroban'che m&jor. Linn.)— -As just described. The 
flowers are about 1 inch long, pale yellow tinged with purple, stalkless (sessile), each with 1 bract 
at the base, crowded together into a dense spike quite half the length of the usually unbranched 
stem. The bracts are more or less longer than the flowers ; the 4 sepals are united together 
in twos, often entirely, sometimes separating at the top ; the corolla is widely gaping, bell- 
shaped, curved, the upper lip scarcely lobed, and the lower 3-lobed, with the central lobe 
larger than the other two, all being wavy and indistinctly toothed, downy with gland-tipped 
hairs ; the 4 stamens are inserted on the base of the corolla-tube, the upper part of the filaments 
and the style are clothed with gland-tipped hairs, and the stigma is of 2 diverging pale yellow 
lobes ; the valves of the capsules are united at the apex and the base and so only open at 
the sides ; the stem is 1-2 feet high, stout, fleshy, swollen at the base, clothed with gland- 
tipped hairs, and lance-shaped bracts, which become much broader at the base ; the whole 
plant is of a yellowish colour, tinged with purple, and fades to a purplish-brown. ( Orobanche 
rapuni. Thuill.) 
Rather rare. A parasite on the roots of Broom, Gorse, and other shrubby plants belonging to 
the Pea Family (Leguminosae) ; generally but sparingly distributed over England, in Dumfriesshire 
in Scotland, and in the south-east of Ireland. May — August. Perennial. 
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