PRODROMUS 
SYSTEMATIS UNIYERSALIS 
REGNI VEGETABILIS. 
Ordo CXLIV (1). OROBANCHACILE (2) Lindley introduci, 
ed, 2 p. 287. Veg. kingd. p. 609. — Orobancheae L. C. 
Richard in Pers. enchir. 2 .p. 180. Juss. inAnn. Mus. xn. 
p. 445. —Orobanch. gener. Wallr. ota<rxsu^ Francof. 1825. 
p. 28. Barii, ord. nat. 173. C. A. Mey. in Ledeb. fi. 
ait. 2. p. 287. Endl. gen. pl. 725. Meisn. gen. pl. vase, 
diagn. p. 314. —Orobanchin* (Personatarum sectio} Link 
handb. I. p. 506. — Orobanchidese Dumort. anal. fam. 
Flores hermaphroditi, rarissimeunisexuales, irregulares. Ca¬ 
lyx liber, persistens, 4-5-sepalus; sepalis in calycem gamosepa- 
lum 4-5-fidum, vel per paria in partes laterales apice integras vel 
bifidas coalitis. Corolla gamopetala, hypogyna, pentamera 'vel 
lobis supremis coalitis tetramera, supra basin circumscissa 
emarcida persistens, sestivatione imbricata, tubo tubuloso vel 
campanulato plus minus arcuato, limbo subregulari vel saepissime 
bilabiato, labiis inaequalibus, superiore integro galeato vel plus 
minus emarginato bilobo, inferiore trifido, ad faucem saepissime 
biplicato bigibboso, plicaturis glabris villosis ve. Stamina 4, didy- 
nama, tubo corolla* inserta. Antherae biloculares, persistentes, 
loculis basi saepius calearato-cuspidatis rima longitudinali vel poro 
oblongo basi dehiscentibus. Ovarium liberum, disco carnoso uni¬ 
laterali saepius obsoleto aut in glandulam anticam producto cinc¬ 
tum, uniloculare, placentis parietalibus utroque latere ovarii 
geminis distintis aut geminatim coalitis, vel placentis duabus 
e pariete porrectis late bilobis. Placentae erga axim inflorescenti* 
laterales. Ovula plurima, rarissime pauca, anatropa * * ” 
brevibus vel *_ 
persistens ve 
