206 XC. CONVOLVULACEH (BAKER AND RENDLE). | Cuscuta. 
Capsule fragile, bursting irregularly at the base ; seeds pale brown, testa 
granulate.—Choisy in DC. Prodr. ix. 460; Engelm. in Trans. Acad. Sci. 
St. Louis, i. 490; Dammer in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 334; Vatke in 
Linnea, xliii. 525; Capuain Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, viii. 234. C. arabica, 
Wight, Ic. t. 1371; Schweinf. in Pl. Nub. Exsic. No. 964, not of 
Fresen. 
Nile Land. Nubia: Gef, near Suakim, Schweinfurth, 964! Kordofan, 
Pfund, 146! Eritrea: Ocule Cusai, Pappe, 4006. Abyssinia, Schimper, 1522- 
Uganda; near Lake Baringo, Johuston ! 
Mozamb. Dist. Lake region, ex Dammer. 
Also in Trop'cal Asia. 
9. C. Epitribulum, Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2 sé. i. 880. 
Parasitic on species of Z'ribulus. Flowers in loose clusters. Calyx 
broadly funnel-shaped [14 lin. long]; lobes broadly lanceolate [or trian- 
gular-ovate], acute, erect. Corolla a little longer than the calyx; lobes 
elongated, lanceolate above [narrowly triangular-ovate], acute ; scales 
absent. Stamens shorter than the corolla-lobes. Styles exserted, 
unequal. Stigmas capitate. Capsule irregularly circumscissile ; seeds 
4, brown, testa granulate. 
Lower Guinea. German South-west Africa: Hereroland; Okomita, Dinter, 
506. 
Mozamb. Dist, British Central Africa: Ngamiland ; Koobie (Kobis) to North 
Shaw Valley, parasitic on Tribulus, Baines ! 
I have not seen an authenticated specimen of this species. The plaut collected 
by Baines is in advanced fruit: the portions included in brackets in the above 
description refer to it. The species is very near C. hyalina, but has less sharply 
ucute lobes to the calyx and corolla. 
10. C. cassytoides, Vees in Linnea, xx. 196 (name only). Stems 
as stout as whipcord. Flowers sessile or nearly sessile, in laxly spicate 
sessile 1— to few-flowered cymes, each subtended by a persistent orbi- 
cular bract. Calyx fleshy, campanulate, barely 1 lin. long; tube very 
short ; lobes orbicular, imbricate. Corolla 14-1? lin. long; lobes oblong; 
obtuse, shcrter than the campanulate tube. Anthers sessile at the 
throat of the corolla-tube; scales triangular with erosulose margin. 
Style 1; stigma 2-lobed. Capsule indehiscent, ovoid in the tropical 
African specimen, but unripe.—Engelm. in Trans. Acad. Sct. St. 
Louis, i. 513; Dammer in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 334; Baker & Wright 
in Dyer, Fl. Cap. iv. ii. 86. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara ; Kwa Mshuza, 4500-5000 ft., 
Holst, 9062 | 
Also in South Africa. 
