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clusters; calyx lobes ovate to somewhat lanceolate, acute to acuminate, as 

 long as the corolla tube; corolla campanulate, shallow or somewhat 

 cylindrical; lobes as long as the tube, ovate to lanceolate acute to acumin- 

 ate, upright, sometimes spreading; edges of the lobes frequently some- 

 what uneven, more or less overlapping; scales narrow, oblong, shorter 

 than the tube, fringed with short processes, closely attached to the tube 

 for nearly their entire length, sometimes with only the attachment to the 

 filament fringed, bridged somewhat below the middle, or the scales reduced 

 to small wings; anthers oval, on equal or shorter subulate filaments; styles 

 slightly subulate, shorter than or equalling the globose, pointed ovary. 

 Capsule globose, pointed, usually one-seeded, surrounded by the withered 

 corolla; seeds about 1.5 mm. long, globose-ovoid, rostrate; hilum short, 

 oval, transverse. Commonly found parasitizing saline herbs. 



Cuscuta salina squamigera (Engelmann) n. comb. 



[Figure 126] 

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

 C. subinclusa abbreviata Engelmann, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, 1:500, 1859. 

 C. squamigera (Engelmann) Piper, Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb., 11:455, 1906. 



Flowers relatively small, more narrowly campanulate than in the 

 following variety; corolla slightly fleshy, the cells somewhat lens shape; 

 lobes of the calyx and corolla ovate-lanceolate, acute. 



Type locality: Rio Virgen, Utah. Range: British Columbia to 

 California and Arizona. A doubtful specimen comes from Mexico. 



Specimens examined: Canada: British Columbia; Vancouver Island (Macoun 85812, 

 85818). 



United States: Washington; Temescal (Jepson 1570); San Juan Islands (Zeller 1129). 

 Utah; Washington (Jones in 1880), St. George (Jones in 1880), Rio Virgen (Remy in 1855, the 

 type of C. californica squamigera, a fragment in the Engelmann Herb.), southern Utah (Parry 

 206). California (Lemmon in 1878), San Jacinto Vallej' (Vasey 436), Solano Co. (Jepson 5a), 

 Santa Barbara (Rothrock 101), San Bernardino Co. (Parish 2174, 6012), San Diego (Abrams 

 4015, Collins & Kempton 328), Long Beach (McClatchie in 1896), Vallejo (Greene 327), Santa 

 Cruz (Jones in 1901, 2316), Oxnard (Burtt-Davy 7831^)- Arizona; Tucson (Thornber 7516), 

 Maricopa (Thornber in 1901), Sacaton (Thornber 2462). 



Mexico: Tepic; San Bias (PMaltby 21, fragmentary). 



Cuscuta salina major n. var. 

 [Figures 32 a-e, 121 and 140] 

 Flowers larger than in the last, broadly campanulate; corolla lobes 

 broadly ovate, acute, overlapping, spreading. The two varieties are 

 closely united by interpiediate forms. 



Type locality: Palo Alto, California. Range: British Columbia to 

 California, usually parasitizing Salicornia. 



Specimens examined: Canada: British Columbia; Crescent (Henry 4912, 4913), Van- 

 couver Island, Victoria (Pineo, Macoun in 1887). 



United States: Oregon; Along coast (House 4683). Washington (Stevens in 1853), 

 Port Angeles (Foster 1863), Union City (Piper 715), Westport (Cowles 520), Seattle (Zeller 



