Plants from North-Western India. 87 



ad medium laciniarum corollse porrectis, stylis 2 longiusculis sensim in 

 stigmata subclavata incrassatis, ovario depresso obtuso, capsula ad apicein 

 corolla marcida tectS. 4-sperm&, seminibus compresso-orbiculatis. 



Hab. Himala, ad alt. ped. 9000. Malari, in Garhwal Superiore, in herbis alpinis variis. 



Statura C. minoris. 



138. CuscuTA ANGuiNA*; cauUbus filiformibus, racemis solitariis geminisve, 

 pedunculo exsquamato, flore singulo pedicellato (rarius subsessili) brac- 

 teolato, calycis ad basin 5-pai'titi laciniis obtusis vel acutiusculis lacinias 

 corollae reflexas attingentibus, squamis nectariferis 5 fimbriatis, antheris 

 ad faucem corollae omnin5 sessilibus subtrigonis acutis flavis semi-exser- 

 tis, stigmatibus in ovarii acutiusculi apice sessilibus trigonis acutis. 



Hab. Himala, ad alt. ped. 5000-7000, in herbis variis. Pipalkoli, Garhwal. 



Corolla vix l|^-2 lineas longa; calyx |-| lin. longus. 



DiflFert a C. reflexd pedunculis 2-squamatis stylisque sessilibus, ab ea et C. macranthd an- 

 theris omnino sessilibus, corollae laciniis magis revolutis, statura minora et racemis 

 gracilioribus. 



Ord. Nyctagine^. 



139. OxYBAPHUs HiMALAicus ; viscosus, foUis pctiolatis ovatis basi rotundatis 

 cordatisve, floribus in involucre solitariis tetrandris. 



Hab. Himala, ad alt. ped. 7000-8000, in valle flum. DhauU. 



Annuus, omnino pilis viscosis dense hirsutus. Caulis teres, ascendens, articulatim dichoto- 

 mus. Folia opposita, petiolata, ovata, basi rotundata v. cordata, apice obtusiuscula, supra 

 parce subtiis magis viscoso-pilosa, ciliata. Pedunculi axillares, longi, solitarii, paniculam 

 laxam dichotomam formantes, in fructu nutantes. Involucrum campanulatum, mem- 

 branaceum, 5-dentatum, extiis dense viscido-pilosum, uniflorum. Calyx corolliformis, 

 majusculus, roseus, supra ovarium contractus tubulosus, limbo plicato expanse. Sta- 

 mina 4 inclusa, antheris cruciatis. Fructus monospermus, cum involucro caducus. 

 Semen albumine farinaceo copioso, turbinatum. 



Valde affinis O. Cervantesii ; species Himalaica notabilis in genere hucusque omnino Meri- 

 dionali- Americano. 



* This name is given in allusion to a superstition of the mountaineers, that crows are in the habit 

 of plucking off sprigs of this and C. macrantha, and dropping them into running water, when the sprig 

 becomes a serpent and fit food for the crow. They likewise imagine that the possession of the root of 

 the Cuscuta confers the power of invisibility, and passing through locks, bars and doors unhindered. 



