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O R O B A N C H E caryophyllacea.
Clove-scented Broom-rape.
Gen. Char. Cal. of 2 leaves or deep lobes, lateral.
A gland under the germen. Caps, of 1 cell,
with 4 receptacles.
Spec. Char. Stem simple. Tube of the corolla inflated,
especially above; limb spreading, 2-lipped ; upper
lip broad, emarginate; lower with 3 lobes; all
the segments obtuse, wavy. Stamens hairy,
especially at the base within. Style pubescent.
Stigma 2-lobed (dark-purple).
Syn. Orobanche caryophyllacea. Sm. in Tr. of Linn.
Soc. v. 4. 169. JVilld. Sp. PI. v. 3. 348. Smith
PI. of S. Kent. 34. t. 3 .f . 4.
Orobanche Galii. Bot. Gall. 349.
S t e m erect, simple, 10 inches to a foot high, terete,
somewhat furrowed, hollow within, swollen at the base,
glanduloso-pubescent, as is almost every part of the plant,
especially upward, of a pale dingy yellow colour tinged
with purple, scaly : the scales numerous below, more rare
upward, ovato-acuminate or lanceolate, soon becoming of a
dark brown colour and withered. Flowers in a large, lax,
terminal, solitary spike. Bracteas lanceolate, single. Calyx
of 2 deep lobes, often of 2 distinct leaves, the segments bifid,
divisions lanceolate, occupying the front of the flowers.
Corolla large, pale rather dingy purple. Tube swollen,
especially on the upper part behind. Limb two-lipped,
spreading; upper lip very broad, notched, lower one in 3
equal, rounded, waved lobes, distinctly veined with darker
purple lines. Stamens 4, inserted in the lower part of the
tube of the corolla. Filaments bent, glanduloso-pubescent,
especially at the base within. Anthers 2-celled, each cell