THE ANNALS 



AND 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY, 



«« perlitora spargite museum, 



Naiades, et circiim vitreos considite fontes : 

 PoUice virgineo teneros h\c carpite flores : 

 Floribus et pictum, divje, replete canistrum. 

 At vos, o Nymphae Craterides, ite sub undas ; 

 Ite, recurvato variata corallia trunco 

 Vellite muscosis e rupibus, et mihi conchas 

 Ferte, Deaa pelagi, et pingui conchylia succo." 



Parthenii Eel. 1. 



No. 102. JULY 1845. 



I. — On some species of Cuscuta. By Charles C. Babington, 

 M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S. &c * 



[With a Plate.] 



biNCE the paper upon Ctiscuta (Ann. xiii. 246) was published, 

 I have had an opportunity of examining recent specimens of C 

 approximata, and been favoured with a drawing of it (PI. I. fig. 1.), 

 and also of the flowers of C. Epithymum and C. Trifolii from the 

 accurate hand of my friend Mr. J. W. Salter. I learn from these 

 beautiful drawings and an examination of numerous specimens, 

 that some slight alteration is necessary in the specific characters 

 and descriptions of the plants, all however tending to show their 

 distinctness in a clearer manner ; and I trust that the difficulty 

 inseparable from the examination of such inconspicuous objects, 

 after the specimens have been dried, will be considered as a suffi- 

 cient excuse for the inaccuracies which I am now endeavouring 

 to correct. 



In this paper I shall give revised specific characters for the 

 three species above-mentioned, and append to each of them such 

 observations as are requisite. 



1. C. Epithymum (Murr.) ; florum glomerulis bracteatis sessilibus, 

 calyce campanulato quam tubum corollse breviori : segmentis ovatis, 

 corona adpressa : lobis (squamis) tuho corolla cylindrico subsequan- 



* Read befgre the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, May 8, 1845. / 

 Ann. ^ Mag. N. Hist. Vol. xvi. ^B 



