CuSCUta. TETRANDRIA DIGYNIA. 4Q7 



— Stems or branches filifurm, succulent, twininp;, very ramnus, Itaf- 

 less, smooth, yellow. — Racemes numerous. — l'l'.,oOe>s white, siiort 

 peciicelled. — Co/</.r iive-leaved; leaftels conlate, permanent. — Co/o/,- 

 tube cylindric ; mouth tive-parterl ; division reriexed. — Xectari/ of 

 live scales, which sni round the gern:, and are inserted into lie l>ol- 

 tom of the tube. — Fdumenls hve, very short, AiU/iets oval, appear- 

 ing hall" above the mouth of die tube.— .S7j//e scarcely any. Stigma 

 two, lartje, Heshv, exp-anding, pointed. 



2. C. afyrriei};a[a, R. 



Head round, sessile, composed of ten or twelve perfectly sessile, 

 aggregate, pentandrous flowers. 



y\ccidentally introduced into the Botanic Garden amongst Flax 

 seed from Bagdad. When the Flax j, hints were a fe-v iuclies higli, 

 this liule delicate, leafless, liliform, round, yellow parasite began to 

 make its appearance, adhering in such quantities to their stems and 

 leaves, as to destroy wliole beds in a very shurt space of tune. 



3. C. sulcata, R. 



■ Peduncles in fascicles, each bearing a few pentandrous, sessile 

 iiowers, with a fleshy furrowed calyx. Capsule two-seeded, su<- 

 rounded by the deeply grooved calyx. 



A native of Bengal, appears adheiing to Amaranthiis oleraceus, 

 and some other })lants, during the cool season. Is a plant of small 

 size, of a pale yellow colour, throughout perfectly smooth. 



Peduncles generally collected in small, rtmute fascicles of two 

 three, four, or more, each supporting froui two to tour, small, ses- 

 sile, while flowers.— Brof^es ovate.— C«/j/,r flve-^oothed, permanenr, 

 becoming fleshy, and deeply ribbed, witli from six to ten nbs, length 

 of the tube of the coYo\.^CoroL Tube short. Border tive-cleft ; 

 divisions oval, obtuse, reflexed.— Nedari'// scales live, below the 

 insertion of the filaments, divided nearly to the base, into many, flue, 

 filiform segments.— i'V/«we;//.v live, inserted a little below the ^fissures 

 of thecorol.— Ge/,/? round. Stijles two. Sti'^nia h.eaded.— CV/^^sm/^s 

 two-eelled. — Seeds soUtary. 



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