APPENDIX. 
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CUSCUTA. 
The follo\viu«; species belougiug to this genus have been found within tlie Uuiit.s of the United States 
and are here arranged and distinguished nearly a?, by Dr. Gkorge En'Gf.lm.vxx in his revision of the 
genus, published in the Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis, Vol. I., pp. 4,")3-.'')'23, (1859.) 
§ 1. EUGRAMMICA, Eng. Styles nnequal, capillary; capsule bnrating tiaiis\ i ixdy, innro or less 
regnlarly. Stems filiform or capillary. 
* Calyx- and corolla-lobes ovate, obtuse ; flowers short ; caiisulf ii ;;iilarly cin uuisi isNilc. 
1. C. APPLANATA, Eng. Flowers l-lj" loDg, short-pediicDi d or sil i)sc^>i!(' ill rliii^r uriiMl colli illlloil.S 
clusters; lobes of the canipanulate calyx equaling the broad (Miii)iaiiiilaic corolla-tube and the spreading 
at length reflexed corolla-lobes; anthers oblong, equaliiii;- the slioit snluilate fdanients; scales large, 
wavy-laciniate, incurved; styles exsertt'd : capsule depressed, I" in diameter, siin'oundcd by flic corolla ; 
seeds strongly reticulate. — Arizona. 
* * Calyx- and corolla-lobes acntc ; llowcjs larger: capsule atinosi always regularly circum- 
scissile. 
2. C. ODOXTOLEPIS, Eng. Flowers 2i" long, sliort-pcdiccllcd, hraclcJ. in ai lasl lar-.- crn'A.l.il clm- 
ters; calyx short-campannlato, deeply ])arti'd, tlic ovate-) riangiilar Inltc.s .ihonl i i|iialing the iiei'i)ly cani- 
panulate corolla; corolla-lobes ov.atc-lanccolah'. spri>ading ov I'cllcxcii, shmh'r ) haii the tube; anthern 
ovate, equaling tlie shoi't snbnlati' iilanicnts ; scales bioad-os at e, atlnate lo tin' niiddl(>, nearly reaching 
to the throat, coarsely dentate abn\-e ; style exserted ; o\-ary <le))ressed-glol)(Ke ; cajisnlc globose, hooded 
by the corolla; seeds oval, vcrriicos;>. — Arizona. IJes'^nhling suhiiiilnsK. 
3. C U.AII5ETXATA, HBK. Flowi is 1 -"i loil l;. ] led iccl led. i u loose com pou nd fascie 0 la t e e V I lies ; (:il\>. 
broad-cnm[)anulate, with triangular lobes; c(n'olla-lobes narrow-lanceolate, longer tiian the lube, spii-ad- 
ing or rellexed ; .scrdes bvoad-o\a], exceeding the tube, incurved ; caiisnle small, thin, di-pie--eil. almost 
4-lobed, sometinn'S irregularly bursting: si-eds t riaii;j,u!ar. (>liliipie.-—\V. Texas and Indian 'i"ei ril ory to 
Arizona and Mexico. 
4. C LEPTANTHA, Eng. Flowers 4-purttHl, sleudt^r, long, on liliform unibcllatcly-tascich d jicd- 
icels; bracts ovate-acuminate; calyx globose-canipauulate, grannlate-hisi)id, the triangular lobes and the 
lanceolate erect-spreading corolla-lob(!S much shorter than the corolla-tube ; anthers ovate, shorter than 
the filiform filaments; scales ovate, dentate-fimbriate, nmcb shorter tlian the tube; ovary glohose ; 
styles at length exserted ; capsule hooded willv the sliglitly hispid corolla-) iihe ; seeds olobose-triaiign- 
lar. — W. Texas. 
§ 2. CLISTOGEAMilICA, Eng. Styles unequal, cylindi ic : capsule baccate, ne\ ci opening at 
base. 
* Flo-wers pedicelled; sepals united; ovary and capsule globose-conqiressecb with v, alls of uniform 
thickness. 
(a.) Flowers in simple or compound subglobosp cyim-s ; style usually siiort and thick; wiihered 
corolla remaining at the base of the capsule. 
5. C. ORTCsiixonA, IIBK. Stems bright orange-cidor : iuii 
obtnse, those of the corolla usually equaling the tube and soon I ■ - ; • 
large, depressed, almost naked, 4-sceded. Var. (ii.axdi t.osa. K: inaling the c irolla- 
tnbe. deeply fringed, incurved; all parts of the Ih.wer .haied sMii. n ,i m, ,!.,!,_ ^iands.-Florida an.! 
Georgia to W. Texas. 
6. C. cliLouocAia'A, Eng. Kcsembling the last : lobes acnir-; llowers 1' long, usually 1-paried, not 
glandular; scales small or wanting ; capsule grecnish-yelh.w. - 1 )ela ware : Illinois ami Wi-consin to the 
Indian Territorv. 
7 C AUVFX-is. Beyr. Flowers smaller, in more compound cluM- is: iol.e-. ..( the cal^ x v iy ohtuse. 
of the corolla acute, ex'ce. ding the tube, rellexed and the p.nnt indexed ; scales lar;,'e. dcejdy (i.nbriate ; 
styles rather sleuder.-Calyx .pute ^ arialdc Virginia to Florida. an<l IVom Flinoi, ;n,d ,he Saskatchewan 
to Texas and New Mexico ; Oregon. 
(h.) Flowers in IjraTichiug paniculate > ' lea-i i lu.i.i.;^ ■» 
enwrap] )iug or capping the ripe cap- 
8. C. TKXT iri.tin.A, Eng. Flowers short-pedieclled. 1 Ion.. 
all obtuse, iiuuh shorter than the slender eorolhi-te', : . . 
hooded. See page •27:'>. The southwestern form has s. "-^ ^ 
9. C. CvLli-uKXiCA, Chois. Flowers l-2i " long, uu n.^ci ■ " 
ill nar- 
