2956.
OROBANCHE Picridis.
Picris Broom-rape.
DID YNAMIA Angiosperma.
Gen. Char. Calyx of two often bifid sepals, or mono- sepalous and 4-fid. Corolla its base fleshy and persistent. riGnegremnte,n 4 -15-c-ecIlIeefdt,, p2-lavcaelvnetdas. . Seeds numerous, upon opposite parietal
Speci.n Cfhroanrt. beSleopwa,l sg r1a-d3u-anlelyr vneadr,r oewnteidr e inotro toonoeth eodr tswligoh stulyb uculartvee dp oaitn tths.e tCopo raonldla btoutbtoumla,r -bbaeclkls hnaepaerdly, sutprpaeigrh tn aont dn cootmchperde,s sitesd ;s ildipess dpeonrtriceuctla. tedS,t awmaveyn s; tinhseeirr tleodw ebre lohwal ft hwei tmhiind.d leS toyfl et hgel atnudbuel,a rh abireylo iwn ibnil ofbroedn.t and throughout its upper half. Stigma
Syn. Orobanche Picridis. F. W . Schultz in Koch
Deutschl. FI. v. 4. 453. Koch Syn. ed. 2. 616.
Godr. FI. Lorr. v. 2. 181. Coss. et Germ. FI.
Par. 309; Atl. FI. Par. t. 19.ƒ. G. Bertol. FI.
Ital. v. 6. 438. DeCand. Prod. v. 11. 26.
S t e m 6-18 inches high, rather wavy, downy, especially
in the upper part where the hairs are all glandular, pale purple
or yellowish, angular. Tuberous base rather small, covered
with ovate or ovate-lanceolate scales. Scales on the stem and
bracts lanceolate-acuminate, many-nerved, downy. Bracts as
long as, or longer than, the corolla. Sepals entire, gradually
attenuated, 1-nerved, or with 2 or 3 or even more teeth, and
several nerves, or with 2 long nearly equal similar 1-nerved
lobes, bearing glandular crisped hairs externally, longer than
the tube of the corolla. Corolla pale yellow, faintly tinged
with purple upwards and with pale purple veins, glandular-
hairy externally, tubular, compressed and keeled on the