CONVOLVULACEZE. XXXIV. Cuscura. 
whole plant has a reddish-yellow appearance, Lam. dict. 2. p. 
229. Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 116. Jacq. amer. pict. t. 
17.—Sloane, jam. 85. hist. 1. p. 201. t. 128. f. 4. C. Surinam- 
énsis, Schill. lepr. t. 2.  Vittm. summ. pl. 1. p. 341. C. Gro- 
novii, Willd. herb. Flowers small, aggregate, yellowish. Geni- 
tals hardly inclosed. 
American Dodder. Pl. parasitical. 
18 C. Jatape’nsis (Schlecht, in Linnea, 8. p. 515.) scales 
ovate, cuneated, or spatulate at the base, much shorter than the 
style, which is hardly exserted; flowers aggregate; corolla 
deeply 5-lobed : lobes reflexed at length, therefore the anthers 
are exserted ; capsule bicornute. %. S. Native of Mexico, 
near Jalapa, on Tràgia Báccharis, and Croton, &c. Flowers 
white. Said to come nearest to C. Americana; but differs from 
it in the corolla being longer, blunter, and more deeply lobed ; 
and in the other characters indicated above. 
Jalapa Dodder. Pl. parasitical. 
19 C. minia‘ta (Mart. reise. ex Linnæa, 5. p. 29.) racemes 
pedunculate, 6-8-flowered; throat of corolla closed by ciliated 
scales; genitals inclosed. ©. G. Native of Brazil. 
Vermilion Dodder. — Pl. parasitical. 
20 C. racemosa (Mart. l. c. p. 38.) flowers pedunculate, cy- 
mosely racemose ; corolla twice longer than the calyx, pentan- 
drous; throat closed by ciliated scales. (2. G. Native of 
Brazil. 
Racemose-flowered Dodder. 
8 3 A species native of Africa. 
21 C. Arrica'na (Thunb. phyt. blatt. p. 17. fl. cap. p. 568.) 
peduncles 1-flowered ; flowers 5-cleft, pentandrous, digynous. 
(9. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, parasitical on various 
trees. C. Americana, Thunb. prod. p. 32. Peduncles capillary, 
furnished with a bractea at the base. Calyx very short, 5-cleft. 
Filaments 5, inserted in the incisures between the lobes of the 
corolla, and equal in length to them. The stems are more 
slender, and the flowers are smaller than those of C. Ame- 
ricàna. 
African Dodder. Pl. parasitical. 
22 C. Ana'nica (Fres. fl. egypt. et arab. p. 165.) digynous, 
pentandrous ; fascicles few-flowered ; flowers nearly sessile, 
small; genitals inclosed; epipetalous scales fringed at top; 
branches capillary, densely imbricate. %. H. Native of 
Arabia. Habit of C. epithymum. Tube of corolla and calyx 
shorter than the limb. 
Arabian Dodder. 
§ 4. Species natives of Asia. 
23 C. verrucosa (Sweet, fl. gard. t. 6.) digynous, pentan- 
drous ; stigmas lanceolate, obtuse, dilated at the base, fleshy ; 
epipetalous scales fimbriately jagged; anthers nearly sessile ; 
calyx 5-cleft, with roundish segments. /. H. Native of Ni- 
paul. Branches irregularly marked with purple, linear spots. 
Racemes numerous, often 3-flowered, but sometimes 9-10-flow- 
ered. Flowers white, fragrant. 
Warted-stemmed Dodder. PI. 
parasitical. 
24 C. Hooxe‘ri (Sweet, hort. brit. p. 290.) digynous, pen- 
tandrous ; stigmas nearly sessile, diverging, subulate ; corolla 
campanulate, 5-toothed, with reflexed segments ; epipetalous 
scales fringed ; anthers sessile. ©. G. Native of Mysore and 
Coromandel. C. refléxa, var. 9, verrucósa, Hook. exot. fl. t. 
150. Stems spotted, and dashed with purple. Peduncles and 
calyxes warted. Corolla white. 
_ Hooker's Dodder. Fl. Sept. Nov. 
tical. 
25 C.mrrLExA (Roxb. cor. 2. p. 2. t. 104.) digynous, pen- 
VOL. IV. 
Pl. parasitical. 
Pl. parasitical. 
Fl, Sept. Nov. Clt. 1822. 
Clt. 1823. Pl. parasi- 
305 
tandrous ; style hardly any: stigmas large, fleshy, expanded, 
acuminated ; corolla with a cylindrical tube and reflexed seg- 
ments; calycine segments ovate-oblong, acutish; epipetalous 
scales bearded; filaments very short. (2. G. Native of Coro- 
mandel, where it is called Sitamaponynvoloa by the Telingas. 
Stems rough. Racemes long, numerous, many-flowered. Flow- 
ers white. Capsule baccate. 
Reflexed-flowered Dodder. Pl. parasitical. 
26 C. Curne’ysis (Lam. dict. 2. p. 229. Willd. spec. 1. p. 
704.) digynous, pentandrous; stigmas subcapitate ; corolla ur- 
ceolate, with corniculate segments ; calyx almost the length of 
the corolla, with keeled segments; genitals inclosed. ©. G. 
Native of China. Plant greenish-yellow. Flowers in loose, 
few-flowered fascicles, the whole forming an irregular panicle. 
Corollas white. Styles twisted. 
China Dodder. Fl. July, Oct. 
tical. 
27 C.surcA' TA (Roxb. ex Wall, cat. no. 1320.) digynous, 
pentandrous; stigmas capitate ; corolla campanulate, small ; 
calycine segments ovate-oblong, membranous, pellucid, equal, 
obtuse, (* fleshy, furrowed,” ex Roxb.); genitals exserted. 
©.G. Native of Silhet, Martaban, Bengal. Stems filiform. 
Flowers crowded, in lateral, few-flowered fascicles, scaly at the 
base; pedicels almost wanting. Styles nearly equal, exserted. 
Capsule small. 
Furrowed-calyxed Dodder. Pl. parasitical. 
28 C. wAcRA'NTHA; monogynous, pentandrous ; style one, 
short: stigma acute ; corolla tubular, 4-5 times longer than the 
calyx, 5-lobed at apex: lobes short, acutish, reflexed ; epipe- 
talous scales membranous, near the base of the corolla; sepals 
oblong-roundish, obtuse, membranous. (2. G. Native of Ni- 
paul. C. grandiflóra, Wall, cat. no. 1318. Stems rough, 
black in the dried state. Common peduncles elongated, race- 
mose, 1-2 inches long, many-flowered, those on the younger 
branches short and few-flowered ; flowers pedicellate. Corolla 
showy. Anthers sessile, in the throat of the corolla. This, 
along with C. refléxa and C. monógyna, might form perhaps a 
distinct genus from the simple style. 
Large-flowered Dodder. Pl. parasitical. 
29 C. uyatrna (Roth. nov. spec. p. 220.) digynous tetran- 
drous; peduncles 2-flowered ; flowers pedicellate ; corolla trans- 
parent, 4-cleft; genitals inclosed ; stigmas capitate; capsule mem- 
branous. ©.S. Native of the East Indies. Stems capillary. 
Corolla one-half longer than the calyx. ^ Epipetalous scales 
seated on the stamens, fixed to the mouth of the corolla, and 
alternating with its segments, which are lanceolate. Capsule 
2-celled ; cells 2-seeded. 
Hyaline-flowered Dodder. PI. parasitical. 
30 C. capitia‘ris (Wall. cat. no. 1321.) (9. S. Native of 
the East Indies, at Segaen, opposite Ava. This only differ 
from C, sulcàta in the flowers being a little more crowded. 
Capillary Dodder. Pl. parasitical. 
31 C.cariTA' TA (Roxb. ex Spreng. syst. 1. p. 864.) flower: 
disposed in crowded heads; calyx and corolla papillose, pellu- 
cid. (9. G. Native of the East Indies. 
Capitate-flowered Dodder. PI. parasitical. 
T Doubtful species. 
32 C. rusirónwis (Willd. rel. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 6. 
p. 205.) peduncles 1-3-flowered; corolla 4-cleft, very minute 
and remote. (2. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on 
Stavia radiata. 
Fusiform Dodder. Pl. parasitical. 
33 C. cymosa (Willd. 1. c.) corollas quinquefid; flowers cy- 
mose ; cymes bifid. ©.S. Native of South America. Humb. 
et Bonpl. Perhaps the same as C. umbellata. 
Rr 
Clt. 1803. Pl. parasi- 
