204 XC. CONVOLYULACE& (BAKER AND RENDLE). [ Cuscuta. 
3. CG. arabica, Pres. in Mus. Senckenb. i. 165. Stem filiform. 
Flower-clusters small, about 2 lin. in diam.; flowers subsessile. Calyx 
shallowly campanulate, 5-lobed to about the middle, about $ lin. long. 
Corolla shortly campanulate, slightly exceeding the calyx; lobes short, 
bluntly ovate. Stamens a little shorter than the corolla-lobes. Scales 
bluntly ovate-oblong, fimbriate. Styles obsolete; stigmas short, linear, 
Capsule ultimately separating at the base. Seeds pale brown, granulate. 
—Choisy in DC. Prodr. ix. 453; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 78; 
Engelm. in Traus. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, i. 472; Capua in Ann. Istit. 
Bot. Roma, viii. 233. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Assaorta, Pappi, 3451 ; Mensa, Terracciano Sf Pappt, 
960, 1845 ; Amasen, Terracciano S Pappi, 2411; Bogos, Terracciano 4 Papp, 
2485. Abyssinia : Wojerat, Petit, 
4. C. chinensis, Lam. Hncycl.ii. 229. Stems slender, deep crimson. 
Flower clusters dense, 4—5 lin. broad in the African specimen. Flowers 
shortly stalked ; bracts fleshy, bluntly ovate, about 1 in, long. Calyx 
a little over 1 lin. long, 5-lobed to below the middle ; lobes elliptic-ovate, 
obtuse. Corolla 14 lin. long, subglobose ;_ lobes reflexed slightly 
shorter than the tube, ovate-triangular, blunt. Scales broad, fim- 
briate. Stamens with flat filaments a little shorter than the corolla- 
lobes. Capsules unripe in African specimens; apparently not circum- 
scissile.—Choisy in DC. Prodr. ix. 457; Wight, Ic. t. 1373; Engelm- 
in a Acad. Sci. St. Louis, i. 479; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 
LVe 22.0: 
Upper Guinea. Gold Coast: Aburi, Johnson, 157! 
Also in Socotra and Madagascar, Tropical Asia, China and Australia. 
_ 5. C. obtusiflora, var. cordofana, Mngelm. in Trans. Acad. Sei. 
St. Louis, i. 493. Stems stout for the genus, bright yellow. Flowers. 
few in a cluster, more or less glandular, sessile or shortly stalked, sub- 
tended by a persistent bluntly ovate somewhat fleshy bract about 1 lin. 
long. Calyx fleshy, broadly cup-shaped, 1} lin. long, lobed to about 
or a little below the middle; lobes semiorbicular, blunt. Corolla 
shortly campanulate, about 24 lin. long; lobes bluntly ovate, obtuse, 
shorter than the tube.. Stamens included ; filaments flat; scales small, 
generally shortly bifid, fimbriate, Styles 2, cylindrical, less than } lin. 
long; stigmas capitate. Capsule depressed-globose, } in. in diam., 
umbilicate, 4-seeded.—Dammer in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 334. ‘ 
Nile Land. Kordofan, Figari. Uganda : Mau, 8000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6904 ~ 
Nandi forest, Johnston / second day’s march from Eldama Ravine, 7000-8000 ft.» 
Whyte! British East Africa: Kikuyu, 5000-6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6591! ; 
Mozamb. Dist. German Hast Africa: Usambara ; Kwa Mshuza, Holst, 8900 ° 
Moshi, 4000-5500 ft., Taylor! Marangu on Kilimanjaro, and Bukoba in Karagwes 
ex Dammer, Portuguese East Africa: Quilimane, ex Dammer. British Central 
Africa: Nyasaland ; Mount Chiradzulu, Whyte ! 
Var. eritreaana, Rendle. Stems filiform. Flowers few in a cluster, sub- 
sessile, eglandular; bracts concave, bluntly ovate, strongly keeled, about : sa 
long. Calyx 1} lin. long, shortly campanulate ; lobes 5, shorter than the tube, very 
