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generally tinged with brownish-purple, with the corolla narrower 
and more curved than in any of the preceding species ; the lobes 
of the upper lip connivent, making the upper lip keeled above so 
as to form two sides of a triangular prism. The stamens and style 
nearly glabrous towards the apex, are sufficient to distinguish it 
from the preceding. 
I have been favoured with fresh specimens by Mr. G. S. Gibson, 
of Saffron Walden. 
A plant which has been referred by some to this species, and by 
others to O. lucorum (Koch), has been found near Epsom, Surrey. 
Mr. Williamson, of the Royal Gardens, Kew, according to the 
" Cybele Britannica," gives the following directions for finding the 
plant : — " Erom the back of the grand-stand on Epsom race-course, 
proceed through the fields to the town of Epsom, and the plant 
will be found amongst clover, rarely among wheat, on the right- 
hand side on the back of the hill. July, 1846."— (Cyb. Brit. Vol? II. 
p. 226.) I am unacquainted with O. lucorum (Koch), and do not 
venture to pass an opinion upon the dried specimens of the Epsom 
plant. The upper segment of the sepals is much broader and more 
acuminated than in O. elatior, with which it agrees in the stamens 
being inserted a little way above the base, and by their upper por- 
tion and the style being sub-glabrous. It is much* to be desired that 
some botanist would examine recent specimens of this plant, if it is 
still to be found near Epsom. 
Tall Broom-rape. 
French, Orobanche iZlangee. German, Ilohe Sommcrwurz. 
This species has hitherto only been noticed on the roots of Cenlaurea scahiosa, and 
is very rare. 
SPECIES VIII— O ROBANCHE PICRIDIS. F. Schultz. 
Plate MXIV. 
Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et ITelv. Vol. XX. Tab. MDCCXCVI. 
milut, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 2116. 
Elowers spreading. Bracts shorter than the flowers, or only 
slightly exceeding them. Sepals longer than the corolla-tube, 
entire or (more rarely) 2-cleft ; the upper segment with 1 con- 
spicuous nerve, sometimes with an indistinct one on each side. 
Corolla sparingly pubescent with gland-tipped hairs ; tube rather 
narrowly cylindrical, slightly curved, witli the curvature greatest 
towards the base ; upper lip scarcely notched, with the margins 
erect ; lower lip 3-lobed, with the lobes nearly equal ; all crimped 
and sharply denticulate. Stamens inserted a little below the 
middle of the corolla-tube ; filaments hairy on the inner side 
