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Calyx lobes rather obtuse, not reaching the middle of the corolla tube 



brachycalyx 



Anthers sessile or subsessile apodanthcra 



Flowers papillose papulosa 



Capsule ovoid-conic apiculata 



Cuscuta calif ornica graciliflora Engelmann 

 [Figures 45 a-c, 74, 84 and 151] 

 C. californica graciliflora Engelmann, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, 1:499, 1859. 

 C. californica longiloha Engelmann, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, 1:499, 1859. 



Flowers rather variable in size, somewhat pedicelled; calyx lobes ovate; 

 corolla cylindrical to campanulate; lobes connivent to reflexed; anthers 

 elliptical to oblong; styles as long as or longer than the ovary. 



I have been unable to keep apart the two varieties indicated by Engel- 

 mann. The specimens included here are usually called variety longiloba 

 in collections. 



Type locality : "Nov. Calif orniam." Type not seen. Range: Pacific 

 coast states from Washington to Lower California. 



Specimens examined: United St.^tes: California (Orcutt in 1888, Collins & Kempton 

 315, Leiberg 5267), San Benito Island (Anthony 266), Amador (Michener & Bioletti in 1893), 

 San Felipe (Thurber 633), San Diego Co. (Anderson in 1894, Chandler 5199), San Diego 

 (Thurber 570, Wooton in 1903, Parry in 1850, Orcutt 1499), Surf (Brandegee), Santa Clara Co. 

 (Brewer 1283), Pacheco's Pass (Brewer 1292, in part), Claremont (Chandler in 1897), 

 Escondido (Chandler 5384), Los Angeles Co. (Abrams 1560, 2654), Los Angeles (Tracy in 

 1888), Azuza (Baker 1560), Brush Canyon near Cahuenga Peak (Chandler 2010), Napa Co. 

 (Jepson 70c), Santa Lucia Mts. (Jepson 1704), Riverside (Hall in 1897, Brandegee in 1905), 

 Yosemite National Park (Hall 9219), Rubio Canyon (Peirson 150a), Ramona (Brandegee in 

 1905), Badger (Brandegee in 1892), Sierra Nevada Mts. (Lemmon in 1875), San Bernardino 

 Co. (McGregor & Abrams 700), San Bernardino (Coville & Funston 102), Mendocino Co. 

 (McMurphy 55), Ventura Co. (McGregor & Abrams 36), Cleveland National Forest (Hitch- 

 cock in 1915), Julian (Hitchcock), San Francisco Co. (Michener & Bioletti in 1891), San 

 Clemente Island (Trask 187), Lake Tahoe (Leiberg 5330), Coloma (Palmer 2392d), Tulare 

 (Pahner 2761), Death Valley (Coville & Funston 338), Monsovia (Rubsy in 1909). The 

 following four specimens are somewhat larger than normal. Black Rock Mts. (Leiberg 5266, 

 labelled C. wew&erryi), San Antonio Mts. (HaU), Kern Co. (Burtt-Davy 1941). Washington; 

 Spokane (Turesson in 1913). 



Mexico: Lower California (Brandegee 7), San Fernando (Brandegee in 1889). 



Cuscuta californica breviflora Engelmann 

 [Figures 45d and 77] 

 C. californica breviflora Engelmann, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, 1:499, 1859. 



Flowers subsessile in dense glomerules; corolla somewhat narrowly 

 campanulate; stamens and styles short; anthers oval. The flowers as 

 the capsule matures, when viewed from above, present a rather character- 

 istic stellate appearance because of the spreading of the lobes. 



Type locality: Monterey, California. Type not seen. Range: 

 Pacific coast states, and inland to western Colorado: 



Specimens examined: United States: Oregon; La Grande (Cusick 2347), Grant's 

 Pass (Howell in 1884), Wallowa Co. (Sheldon 8715), Cougar Peak (Coville & Leiberg 175). 



