Plants from North-Western India. 87 
ad medium laciniarum corolle porrectis, stylis 2 longiusculis sensim in 
stigmata subclavata incrassatis, ovario depresso obtuso, capsulà ad apicem 
corolla marcida tectà 4-sperma, seminibus compresso-orbiculatis. 
Hab. Himala, ad alt. ped. 9000. — Malári, in Garhwál Superiore, in herbis alpinis variis. 
Statura C. minoris. 
138. CuscuTA ANGUINA*; caulibus filiformibus, racemis solitariis geminisve, 
pedunculo exsquamato, flore singulo pedicellato (rariüs subsessili) brac- 
teolato, calycis ad basin 5-partiti laciniis obtusis vel acutiusculis lacinias 
corollze reflexas attingentibus, squamis nectariferis 5 fimbriatis, antheris 
ad faucem corollae omnino sessilibus subtrigonis acutis flavis semi-exser- 
tis, stigmatibus in ovarii acutiusculi apice sessilibus trigonis acutis. 
Hab. Himala, ad alt. ped. 5000-7000, in herbis variis. Pipalkoli, Garhwál. 
Corolla vix 11-2 lineas longa; calyx 1-5 lin. longus. 
Differt a C. reflezá pedunculis 2-squamatis stylisque sessilibus, ab eâ et C. macranthd an- 
theris omnino sessilibus, corollae laciniis magis revolutis, staturá minore et racemis 
gracilioribus. 
Ord. NvcTAGINEE. 
139. OxvBAPHUS HIMALAICUS ; viscosus, foliis petiolatis ovatis basi rotundatis 
cordatisve, floribus in involucro solitariis tetrandris. 
Hab. Himala, ad alt. ped. 7000-8000, in valle flum. Dhauli. 
Annuus, omnind pilis viscosis densé hirsutus. Caulis teres, ascendens, articulatim — 
mus. Folia opposita, petiolata, ovata, basi rotundata v. cordata, apice P suprà 
parcé subtüs magis viscoso-pilosa, ciliata. Pedunculi axillares, longi, solitarii, paniculam 
laxam dichotomam formantes, in fructu nutantes. Involucrum campanulatum, mem- 
branaceum, 5-dentatum, extüs densé viscido-pilosum, uniflorum. Calyx corolliformis, 
majusculus, roseus, supra ovarium contractus tubulosus, limbo pue expanso. Sta- 
mina 4 inclusa, antheris cruciatis. Fructus monospermus, cum involucro caducus. 
Semen albumine farinaceo copioso, turbinatum. 
Valde affinis O. Cervantesii ; species Himalaica notabilis in genere 
dionali-A mericano. 
hucusque omnino Meri- 
| : ; ! in the habit 
* This name is given in allusion to a superstition of xd monpunon vet ie —€— a as 
of plucking off sprigs of this and C. macrantha, and drop. rd Mo E gne THER of the root of 
becomes a serpent and fit food for the crow. They likewise imagine that the po 
Á d doors unhindered. 
the Cuscuta confers the power of invisibility, and passing through locks, bars an 
