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CUSCUTA chilensis. 

 Chili Dodder, 



TETRANWtIA (v, poti^ PENTANDWA) MONOQYffM^ 



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NaU ofd. CoNvoLvuLi. Jumeti_gen. 132. Dh. J^^ Crenera Couvol- 



Tulis affinia. 

 CoNTOLVniiACBf. ^oum prod. 1, 4^ Sect lit fmbtyo 

 ac(^ledoa«us, / . - — 



CVSCVTA. Vhl 5- raid 4-lidu5. ^ C^. gtbboso-urceolata, l^nbo 

 &-fido» mEUceecens* l?Mii. S4oc., loculis dispeiiiiii?^ (kip$. bilocularis, 

 cii:cuiiiacii»a. Hertm ^tpkyUue, vohMks, patfMittiB. Fhrm nggregoH^ 

 subeapitaH V. $picati^ wwraetmH. SquammSt eptpetaUe, in^ra JUamenta^ 

 iudemque ^tponttiSf raro deficientes. Brown prod. 1, 491.^ 



Ob9^ £ speciebus 10 examini subjectts novem coDstaoter decimam ssep^ 

 floribtJaS-fidisobserTa.Ti: unica monogyna est, digynaram duse tant&m stig-- 

 tnatU^s ftcutis^ unica inedita absque squamis ^ipetolis qoa& in C europai M 

 numogynS certfe extant. Brawn L c. 



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C- chilemist p^jitandra, digyaa^ floribus w%» calyce terbreTiore ccvoUft, 

 segmentis 6Mfttis rotun£btis; con^ inHt^^^ medium fimbi^ato-squa-* 

 nat&laeuia« oratis, tnto ter l^roTibril^^ rtcdfVis ; antfaem sesaitibus; 

 s^Loaltero^breriore; stigmatibus pileat#fift^tatb. 



Filum herbaceum ochro^ueum aphylhiMijiff^MbUe radiean$ temylii^trmu 

 Flores panicMHUhcongesH ockrotewd odari pedimcuHs peduseUi^gWguceul^ai^ 

 oSteis M'evmimA nitidis bracteaHs: hr^j^tefk ^guamace^Bi appnstps^ ca^reis 

 cant^ores^ ij^tovatcB v. ovato-rctuttdtB. Cal* h^U& crassior trfplogue 6reviar, 

 oblato-cupulatus, pedicelli cat^inmut, persistmM, &^artii9iB Hegmmtu rohm- 

 daiis, coroUm appUditu* Cor. albat apice <«^|>^ erubetiteni, obhnga^ ovato- 

 egihabica, marcegdHs, deeidua, &^da lacinms tubo irifiio v* q^adrilplo bre- 

 viaribm recwrms ovatis aquaWm*; ad basm ^JisiUut imnaiefle 6 fffentdra* 

 nacemforniaao'cannwentes, carollm coHi^Iareg, infra aimeM$ insertts, Umin 

 h,HnhsaUernante93C^atce9 fimbriate laaiM Anth. 



me&tt7, ore tyJd sessUes, introrgiB, obhMtBf bihculare^ '^iroque latere de- 

 AmeM^- poUea Jlatmm^ grcaadomm> Fist* eoroUm tete mA^eguak: germ. 

 subglobowm, nitidum, gupemi violaceo-paUms, ditco pateU^ormi mmm- 

 Ha&h^lendente phcentifero drcumscisso-in^deng, hiiocuJ^re septa utcMt- 

 pkto, hculamentiM collateraH-dispermis : oTida into anguh loaUamentamm 

 inserta, erecta, globosa^ alba, apaca: styli % paraUeR^ canti^i, erecti, 

 Jtlifarmi'suimlati, obesiuscuU, aUndi, alter i^ero hmgiar; stig. pUeata- 

 c^pitatOy violaceo'jwca, giAanguloso-rugata, icavitate'pileiinfixa. 



Jt is not without hesitation that weseparate this plant from 

 CuscvTA odorata of the Flom Peruviasa ; yet if the descnp- 

 tion and figure in that work are to be relied on at all, it would 

 be hardly justifiable to unite the two. The calyx in the 

 plant before us is much shorter in proportion to the corolla 

 than in odarata, with ^ broader shallo'wer and rounder seg- 



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