402 CONVOLVULACE. 
5. Cuscuta decora, Choisy; Engelm. in Trans. St. Louis Acad. i. p. 501, et in 
A. Gr. Synop. Fl. N. Am. ii. p. 221. 
Cuscuta pulcherrima, Scheele in Linnea, xxi. p. 750. 
Cuscuta indecora, Choisy, Cusc. p. 182, t. 3. fig. 8, et in DC. Prodr. ix. p. 457. 
Inuiwors and Texas to Agizona and Cairornia.—NortaH Mexico, Sonora (Wright) ; 
SoutH Mexico, Los Bafios (Bourgeau, 972).—Southward to Cuiti and Braziu and in the 
West Inpies. Hb. Kew. 
6. Cuscuta gracillima, Engelm. in Trans. St. Louis Acad. i. p. 488. 
Cuscuta fetida, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 304, non H. B. K. 
Soura Mexico, Santiago Estata, Oaxaca (Liebmann), Tepic (Beechey). Hb. Kew. 
7. Cuscuta gronovii, Willd.; Roem. et Schult. Syst. vi. p. 205; Engelm. in 
Trans. St. Louis Acad. i. p. 507, et in A. Gr. Synop. Fl. N. Am. ii. p. 221. 
Cuscuta vulgivaga, Engelm. in Am. Journ. Se. xhii. p. 338, t. 6. figg. 12-16. 
Canapa to Iowa, and south to Fiormpa and Trexas.—Mexico, Cordova (finck)% 
Hb. Kew. 
8. Cuscuta jalapensis, Schl. in Linnea, viii. p. 515; Engelm. in Trans. St. 
Louis Acad. i. p. 478. 
Norra Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 631) ; 
Sourn Mexico, Jalapa (Linden, 308 ; Schiede), near the city of Mexico (Graham), Oaxaca 
(Galeotti, 4413). Hb. Kew. 
9. Cuscuta mitreformis, Engelm. in Hemsl. Diag. Pl. Nov. pars tertia, p. 54. 
Caulibus crassis, floribus grandiusculis (3 lineas longis latisque) breviter pedicellatis vel subsessilibus 
glomeratis, calycis lobis orbicularibus inzqualibus 2 exterioribus carinatis vel interdum fere 
alatis quam corolla campanulata paullo longioribus, corollz lobis late ovatis rotundatis demum 
reflexis vel patulis, filamentis subulatis, antheris oblongis equilongis quam corolla brevioribus, 
squamis latissimis rotundatis fimbriatis quam corolle tubus longioribus incurvis gynecium 
tegentibus, stylis late conicis quam ovarium brevioribus, capsula maxime acuta exserta stylis 
acutis induratis coronata. 
Norra Mexico, between San Luis Potosi and Tampico (Palmer). Hb. Kew. 
10. Cuscuta salina, Engelm. in Watson’s Bot. Calif. i. p. 536, et in A. Gr. 
Synop. Fl. N. Am. ii. p. 220. 
CaLiForniA to UTan and Arizona.—NortH Mexico, Gila valley (Rothrock). 
Not recorded from within the present boundary of North Mexico. 
11. Cuscuta squamata, Engelm. in Trans. St. Louis Acad. i. p. 510, et in A. Gr. 
Synop. Fl. N. Am. ii. p. 222. 
New Mexico; Trexas.—Norti Mexico , valley of the Rio Grande, from El Paso down 
to Presidio del Norte (ex Engelmann). 
