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characterised “ Linea dorsalis tota e basi usque ad labium superum 
plus minus saepe acriter curvatur rarius in labio supero paulo 
complanata. Faux ampla ; laciniae labii superi patentes. Corolla 
typice in basi luteola, limbuin versus dilute fusco-violacea vel rosea, 
rarius ochroleuca. Stamina in tertio infimo corollae inserta. 
Stigma bilobum cum lobis confluentibus, sulco transversali pro- 
fundo perductum vel subinfundibuliforme, luteum. Germen 
antice non gibbosum. a. spica densi-et multiflora (rarius serius in 
parte basali laxiflora). Scapus copiose in basi plurimum imbricatim 
squamatus,’' with 45, Orobanche major^ L. [O. elatior, Sutt.], 
under which is put O. ritro, Gren. and Godr. “ G. Glandulosae — 
Corolla typica albida vel ochroleuca limbum versus in nervis 
imprimis autem in labio supero rubra amethystea vel purpurea 
et pilis glanduliferis coloratis saepe tuberculo brevi insidentibus 
praedita. Linea dorsalis e basi curvata in medio dorsa subrecta 
vel paulo curvata in labio supero declivis. Faux ampla. Stamina 
in tertio infimo corollae inserta. Stigmatis lobi hemisphaerici 
confluentes et sulco transversali perducti coccinei purpurei nigres- 
centes rarius aurei vel lutei.” Under this comes 64, 0 . alba, Steph. 
[O. rubra, Hook.] and 67, O. reticulata, Wallr. Tribe I. Minores 
has 70, O. amethystea, 79, O. picridis, 82, O. minor and 83, 
O. hederae. 
O. reticulata is distinguished “ Calycis partes plurimum in- 
divisae rari bidentatae \ ejusdem dentes i-nervii in siccitate nigres- 
centes ; corolla tubulosa 14 — 22 mm. longa, in dorso subrecta, 
concava vel leviter curvata ; labium superum bilobum ; laciniae 
magnae, in margine plurimum subglabrae j filamenta 2 — 4 mm. infra 
basim corollae inserta, infra parce pilosa supra parce glanduloso-pilosa 
vel utroque subglabra ; stylus plurimum parce glanduloso-pilosus ; 
stigma typice rubrum vel purpureum ; odor nullus vel levis.” In 
var. procera (Koch. FI. Ueutsch iv., p. 438) “ corolla tubulosa vel 
subampla, linea dorsali in dorso anthesi modo recta mox curvata 
praedita, plurimum 15 — 18 mm. longa. Stamina 2 — 4 mm. infra 
basim corollae inserta.” 
The history of this as a British species is as follows : — On 
July 2 I St, 1908, Mr. N. E. Craven of Leeds, in response to a letter 
which I had written in “ Pharm. Journ.” of the i8th respecting 
our Exchange Club, told me that in 1907 he had found an 
Orobanche which he believed was parasitic on Cirsium eriophorum 
