476 HYDROLEACEiE. 



or pale-blue corolla.— SI. t. 99. f. 2. Jacq Amer. Picl t. 260. /. 23. Kth. N. Gen. 

 t. 215— E. veronicifolius, 1TM.— Leaves 2"'-4'"(-5'"), sepsils 1'", corolla 2'" long— Hab. 

 Jamaica!, Pd., Barter., common in pastures : Antigua!, Wullschl. ; [Cuba! and Mexico! 

 to Brazil !]. 



6. DICHONDRA, Font. 



Calyx 5-leaved. Corolla campanulate-rotate: limb 5-partite. Ovaries 2, 2-ovnlate; 

 styles 2, distinct, simple, suprabasilar. Carpids 1-seeded, indehiscent, slightly connected 

 at the base by the then 2-partite style. — Procumbent, rooting herbs; leaves long-petioled ; 

 peduncles \-flowered, ebracteolate. 



59. D. repens, Forst. ! Leaves cordate-orbicular, repand, pubescent or glabrescent 

 above ; sepals oblong or spathulatc-oblong, bluntish, nearly as long as the corolla, exceeded 

 by the carpids. — Sm. Ic. Ined. t. 8. — Leaves 6"'-2"', calyx 1'" long; corolla yellowish- 

 white. — Hab. Jamaica !, Al., Wils., a weed ; [United States ! to Patagonia ! ; East Indies !, 

 and whole southern temperate zone !]. 



60. D. sericea, Sw. Leaves cordate-orbicular, repand, silvery-sericeous beneath ; 

 sepals obovate, blunt, exceeding the corolla, equalling the carpids. — Sw. Ic. Ind. occ. t. 10. 

 — Leaves 12"'-4"', calyx 1'" long; corolla white, with purple lines. — Hab. Jamaica!, 

 March, in mountain-pastures ; [Mexico! to Peru]. 



7. CUSCUTA, L. 



Calyx 5 (-4) -fid or -partite. Corolla shortly campanulate or rotate, marcescent : limb 

 5 (-4) -partite, imbricative. Ovary 2-celled : cells 2-ovulate. Capsule circumscissile, rarely 

 baccate. Embryo undivided, spiral. — Twining, leafless parasites ; flowers clustered or 

 cymose. 



Sect. Geammica, Lour., Engehn. — Styles 2, distinct, often unequal : stigma capitate. 



61. C americana, L. Flowers clustered: pedicels shorter than the flower; calyx 

 ventricose, little exceeded by the corolla: lobes short, rounded; corolla campanulate, 

 5-dentate : teeth roundish, blunt, erect: scales small, included; capsule globose, irregularly 

 circumscissile. — SI. t. 128. /. 4. — Flowers greenish-yellow. — Hab. Jamaica!, Wils., on 

 shrubs ; Antigua !, Wullschl., S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [Cuba ! and Mexico ! to Brazil !]. 



62. C. umbellata, Kth. " Flowers fascicled : pedicels usually longer than the flower ; 

 calyx broadly campanulate, equalling or exceeding the corolla-tube : lobes deltoid , corolla 

 rotate, 5 -fid: lobes narrowly lanceolate, acute : scales prominent ; capsule globose, circum- 

 scissile, or irregularly rupturing." — Hab. Jamaica (Engelm.), on low herbs; [New Mexico 

 to Brazil]. 



63. C. obtusiflora, Kth. Flowers fascicled : pedicels about as long as the flower ; 

 calyx as long as the corolla-tube : lobes bluntly deltoid ; corolla campanulate-rotate, often 

 glandular-dotted : lobes ovate blunt, reflexed, nearly as long as the tube : scales prominent ; 

 " capsule depressed-globose, exserted, baccate." — Stem orange-coloured. — Hab. Bahamas !, 

 Swains. ; Jamaica !, March ; [Florida ! to Peru]. 



64. C. indecora, Chois. Flowers fascicled : pedicels about as long as the flower ; 

 calyx exceeded by the corolla-tube : lobes deltoid ; corolla fleshy, campanulate ; lobes 

 deltoid, erect or spreading, infiexed at the acute point : scales prominent ; " capsule conical, 

 enclosed by the corolla, baccate." — C. decora, Engelm. ! (neuropetala, Engelm.). — Flowers 

 white. — Hab. Jamaica !, Mac/., Bancr. ; [Illinois ! to Buenos Ayres !]. 



CXVIII. HYDEOLEACEJi. 



Stamens 5, inserted iuto the sympetalous, imbricative corolla. Ocary superior : placentas 

 many-ovulate, cohering or contiguous in the axis : styles 2(-3), distinct. Seeds albuminous : 

 embryo axile. — Leaves alternate, exstipulate. 



