Mr. Baxsinaton on Cuscuta epilinum and halophyta. 565 
Since the reading of this paper I have gathered Cuscuta epilinum among flax 
both in the county of Mayo and in Argyleshire, and add a description drawn 
from living specimens. 
Segments of the calyx 5, ovate, attenuated above into an acute point, very 
fleshy, with peculiarly large cells ; some of them often so much thickened 
as to become deltoid. ‘Tube of the corolla 13 times as long as the limb, 
slightly inflated, the lobes triangular acute; stamens inserted very near 
to the summit of the tube; filaments short; anthers cordate; the limb 
of the corolla is often very fleshy. Scales bifid, each lobe either entire or 
2- or 3-fid, short. Styles 2, short, bent round each other. Bractes not 
always present, broadly ovate, obtuse, with a minute point, often pur- 
plish. Flowers whitish-yellow, sometimes tinged with pink. Anthers 
bright yellow. 
I have reason to believe that this plant is not a native of the British Isles, 
but that it has been, and continues to be, introduced with the flax-seed from 
Odessa and other ports of Southern Russia. Flax raised from American, and 
also, I believe, Riga seed, is free from this destructive parasite. 
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