﻿86 coKVOLVULiCE^ (Baker & Wright). [Cuscuta. 



joined at the base ; corolla whitish, 3 lin. long ; lobes spreading, 

 lanceolate, less than half as long as the tube ; stamens less 

 than half as long as the corolla-lobes ; filament shorter than the 

 oblong anther; scales lipiulate, deeply fimbriate, as long as the 

 corolla-tube; siyles free to the base, more than twice as long as 

 the clavate stigmas ; capsule globose, 1^ hn- in diam., mem- 

 branous, bursting irregularly. 



Eastern Region: Natal; Inanda, and near Biion, TFood, 596 ! imd without 

 precise locality, Cooper, 1219! 2785! 2788! 2789! 2790! 27i^l ! 2793! 



6. C. appendiculata (Engelm. in Trans. Acad. Sc. St. Louis, i. 503); 

 stems very slender ; cymes dense -flowered ; pedicels short ; calyx 

 about i as long as the corolla, shortly saccate at the base ; lobes 

 ovate-deltoid, much longer than the very short tube ; corolla cam- 

 panulale, l^-^V in. long ; lobes oblong-lanceolate, nearly as long as the 

 tube ; stamens rather shorter than the corolla-lobes ; anther elliptic, 

 cordate at the base, about the same length as its filament ; scales 

 obovate, much fimbriate ; styles free from the base, slender, 

 divergent; stigmas globose, capitate; capsule membranous, usually 

 1-seeded. 



Coast Eegion : King Willjamstown Div. ; Keiskamma River at Modder Drift, 

 Mrs. H^ittnn ! British KaftVarin, Mrs. Barter .' Cooper, 337 ! 



Central Region: Graaff Reinet Div.; near Giaaff Eeinet, Sliaw, 101! 

 Somerset Div. ; near Pearston, MacOivan, 1958 ! 



Kalahaei Region: Griqualand West; near Kimberley, Sutton in Mac- 

 Otcan (^ Bolus, Htrb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 923! 



Eastern Region: Natal, Coo^ei-, 2787 ! 



7. C. Medicaginis (C. H. Wright) ; stem.s slender, smooth ; 

 flowers in racemose cymes; bracteoles elliptical, ^ lin. long; pedicels 

 1 lin. long ; calyx cup-shaped, | lin. long, lobed nearly -^-way 

 down ; lobes ovate ; corolla 2 lin. long ; lobes not quite as long as 

 the tube, oblong, obtuse ; anthers oblong, about as long as the short 

 filaments ; scales as long as the corolla-tube ; ovary globose ; styles 

 slender ; stigmas capitate. 



Coast Rkgion : Qucenstown Div. ; in Lucerne gardens, Queenstown, 3500 ft., 

 Galpin, 1760 ! 



8. C. cassytoides (Nees in Linnaea, xx. 196, nam^e onlj) ; stems 

 as stout as whip-cord; cymes congested into lax-flowered spikes; 

 calyx I as long as the corolla, firm in texture ; lobes round, obtuse, 

 much imbricate ; tube very short ; corolla li-2 lin. long ; lobes 

 oblong, obtuse, shorter than the campanulate tube ; anthers sub- 

 globose, sessile at the throat of the corolla-tube ; styles short, thick, 

 connate up to the emarginate stigma ; capsule globose, firm in 

 texture, indehiscent, about 2 lin. in diam. Engelm. in Trans. Acad. 

 Sc. St. Louis, 513; Harv. Thes. Cap. t 119. Cas.^ytha sp., Brerje, 

 Zicei Pfianzenrjeogr. Documente, 146. 



Coast Region : Albany Div. ; Howisons Poort, near Gralmmstown, Ration ■' 

 Zeyher, 3631 ! Qucenstown Div., Cooper, 2783 ! 



