Cuscuta CONVOLVULACEAE— POLEMONIACEAE Phlox 



Cuscuta L. Dodder. 



C. Epilinum Weihe. Flax Dodder. 



Rare, in grain fields: Centreville (NC), Commons, 13 July 1863 

 (A); "New Castle County," Commons in 1865 (A). Introd. from 

 Europe. 



C. Polygonorum Engelm. (C. ohtusiflora HBK.) 



Rare: Salisbury (Wi), Canhy in 1863 (D); near Wilmington, 

 Canby, n. d. (A) ; river shore below New Castle, E. Tatnall, 13 July 

 1894 (D). 



C. pentagona Engelm. (C. arvensis Beyrich.) 



Infrequent, New Castle and Sussex Counties. Mid-July into 

 Sept. 



C. campestris Yuncker. ( C. pentagona var. calycina Engelm.) 



Reported as "in dense colonies in field of Lespedeza stipulacea, 

 Willards, Wicomico County," by Moldenke, 13847, in Castanea 7, 

 123. 1942. No specimen seen. 



C. Coryli Engelm. Hazel Dodder. 



One collection: beach of south bank of Chester River (QA), 1 mi. 

 below Chestertown bridge, R. R. Tatnall, 3107, 21 Aug. 1936 (T). 



C. Gronovii Willd. 



Common; Piedmont and Coastal Plain. Aug., Sept. 



C. compacta Juss. 



Frequent; northern New Castle County, and southward to 

 Wicomico County. Aug., early Sept. 



POLEMONIACEAE (Phlox Family) 



Phlox L. 

 P. paniculata L. 



Infrequent, in woods along the Susquehanna River. Collec- 

 tions in Delaware (New Castle and Sussex Counties), probably 

 represent escapes from cultivation. July to early Oct. 



P. maculata L. Wild Sweet William. 



Frequent in low ground, Cecil, New Castle and Kent (Del.) 

 Counties. Mid-May to early July. 



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