Cressem.] CXITI. CONVOLVULACE^. 881 



sufirutices, prostrati v. ramosissimi, glabri cano-sericei v, pilosi. Folia parva, alterua, 

 ovata oblonga v, liiicaria, crassa, Flores parvuli, axillares, subsessiles. 



Species 3, Australianse. Bentk FL AustraL iv, 439, Hook. Ic. PL i, 2Go {errore Ftank€nia)et 

 t 410. 



31, Cressa, Linn. Gen, n, 313. — Sepala subEequalia, imbricataj sub fructu immutata. 

 Corolla infundibularis, semi-5-fida ; lobi imbricati, apice concavi, subiiiduplicati, per 

 anthosin patentes. Stamina exsei-ta^ filamentLs filiformibus ; antherie oblongis. Discus 

 inconspicuus- Ov^arium plus minus perfecte 2-loculare, 4-ovulatnra ; styli 2, a basi di- 

 fitiiicti, stiginatibus globosis, Capsula s^pius abortu l-sperma, 2-4-valvis, Semen gla- 

 brum, nitidum, testa Crustacea, lueinbrana interiore crassiuscula ; cotyledones linearcs, 

 2-plicat£e- — Fruticulus ramosissimns v, diflfusus, humilisj canescenti-pubesccng. Folia 

 parva^ integra. Flores parvi, in axillis superioribus sessiles v, breviasime pedicellati, 

 singuli bractea parva fultij superiorea ssepe in spicam fuliatam conferti. 



Species 1, perregiones calidiores utriusqiie orbis latissime clispersii, quoad magnitudinem fructus 

 prdesertira in America variabilis, sed nnnimo in species pliires distinctas soparanda. Ckois, in DO, 

 Prod, ix, 440, Zam. lUustr. L 183. liei^kb. Ic, FL Germ. t. 13S5. Sihth. FL Gr, t 256. 



Tribus V, CUSCUTE^. 



32- Cuscuta, lAnn. Gen, n. 170. (Epilinellarf Engclmannia, Pfeiff. in Bof, Zeif. 1845, 

 073- Cuacutina, Ffeiff, Lc, 184G, 492. Monogynella, Cussutha et Succuta, iJesmouL Etnd. 

 Cusc, 65, 66, 74. Grammica, Lour, Fl. Cochinch. 170 ; Besmoul in BnlL Soc. Bot, Ft. i. 

 295. Pfeifferia, Buching, vn Ann. Sc. N^at, ser. 3, v. 88. Lepidanche, Engelm, in Sillim, 

 Joxvrn. xliii. 343, t. G, Buchingera, Schuttz in Jahrb, Pliarm, 1847, exEngelm,) — Sepala 

 distincta suba?qualia T. in calycem 5-lobum rariua 4-lobum connata. Corolla campanulata 

 OToidea v. globosa ; lobi 5 rarius 4, breves, imbricati. Squamse intra corollas tubum sta- 

 minibua altern^ lobat^e v. fimbriate!. Stamina fauci v. infra faucem affixa, sfepius 

 breviter exsGrta, filamentia breviter filiformibus v. vix ullis ; anthera; breves, obtusje. 

 Ovarium perfecte v. imperfecte 2-loculare, 4-ovulatum ; styli 2, distinct! v. plus minus 

 connatij stigniatibua connatis v. acutis. Capsula globosa v, ovoidea, sicca v. camosiila 

 circumscissa v. irregnlariter disrupta. Semina glabra ; embryo in albumine camoso peri- 

 phericus, linearis, teres, curvus v. spiraliter tortus, indi\isus, cotyledonibus inconspi- 

 cuis. — Herbx aphyllie et arhizaa, non viridescentes, supra herbas fruticesve parasitioEe, 

 caulibua filiformibus volubilibua.' Flores parvi, albi v, rosei, in fasciculis sa^pius sessilibus 

 sessiles v. i^edicellati, ebracteati. 



Species ad 80, per rcgiones calidiores et temperatas utriusque orbis latissimo dispersEe, Chois, in 

 Da Prod. ix. 452. Walp. Hep. vi. 543 ; Ann, L 522, iii. 116, v. 537. Desmoid. Elud. Organ. Cusc, 

 Toulouse, 1853, Prog, in Mart FL Bras. vii. 373, t 125 ad 128. Nees, Gen, FL Germ, lieichb, 

 Iconogr. Fait. t. 497 ad 5C0 ; Ic, FL Germ, (. 1342 ad 1314. Lcdeb. Ic, FL Boss, i, 234. Boxb. 

 Corom. PL L 104- Hook. ExoL FL L 150, et Lond, Joum, ii. t. 3. Wighi, Ic. L 1371 ad 1373. 

 Sihth, Fl, Gr, t 257- Ten. FL Nap. L 220- Wcbh, PhyL Canar. L 141, H2. Hatv. Tlies. Cap t 

 39, 119, Rui2^ €t Pav, FL Per. et Chil L 105. H. B. et K, Nov. Gen. et Sp. t 213. 



Genua optime elucidatum ab Engelm, in Trans. Acad. St, Louis, i, 453, et in sectiones 9 divisum. 

 Ex his Lobostemon solum reducendum videtur, ad flores casu abnonnes stabilitiim, Cfr. Benth, FL 

 AustraL iv. 442. 



