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CONVOLVTJLACEAE 



(Bull. Cal. Acad. 2:408); Ojai Valley, Thacher 34 (on Ehus laurina). Coast Eanges: Niles, 

 Jepson 125b (on Centaurea melitensis) ; Black Mt., Santa Clara Co., C. F. Baker 57 (on Sambu- 

 cua) ; Mt. Tamalpais, Jepson 14,834 (on Photinia arbutifolia) ; Howell Mt., Jepson 1735 (on 

 Cercoearpus betuloides) ; Alamo Creek, ne. Solano Co., Jepson 4e (on Artemisia heterophylla) ; 

 Gates Canon, Vaca Mts., Jepson 4a (on Photinia arbutifolia) ; Brannan Mt., Humboldt Co., 

 Tracy G736 (on Ceanothus integerrimus). Sierra Nevada: Old Colony Mill, Tulare Co., K. Bran- 

 degee (on Convolvulus) ; Owens Valley, Horn 2849 (on Salix) ; Himtington Lake, Fresno Co., A. L. 

 Grant 1141 (on Artemisia heterophylla) ; Wawona, Jepson 5650 (on Chamaebatia foliolosa) ; 

 Calaveras Big Trees, Jepson 10,079 (on Chamaebatia foliolosa) ; Lassen Peak, R. M. Austin 492 

 (on Salix) ; Joseph Creek, Modoc Co., Maiming 498 (on Eosa). 



Eefs. — CuscuTA SUBINCLUSA D. & H., Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. ser. 2, 3:42 (1855), type 

 loe. Tejon Pass, Heermann; Jepson, PI. W. Mid. Cal. 389 (1901), ed. 2, 327 (1911), Man. 780 

 (1925). 



3. C. salina Engelm. Marsh Dodder. (Fig. 365.) Stems slender; flowers 

 1 to IV2 lines long; calys-lobes ovate-laneeolate, as long as the shallow-eampanulate 



tube of the corolla and as the corolla-lobes; 

 these ovate, microscopically or obscurely den- 

 ticulate; filaments about as long as the oval 

 anthers; scales fringed, mostly shorter than 

 the tube, sometimes much reduced and on the 

 base of the tube; .styles longer or shorter than 

 the ovary; capsule surrounded by the with- 

 ered corolla, mostly 1-seeded. 



Salt marshes or moist saline flats, 1 to 1000 

 feet : Southern California; north mostly along 

 the coa.st to Humboldt Co. Far north to Brit- 

 ish Columbia, east to Ai-izona and Utah. Very 

 abundant on Salicornia and other saline herbs, 

 entangling them with its webs of thread-like 

 stems, which in spring color the salt marshes 

 as if with small patches of gold. July-Oct. 



Locs. — San Diego, T. Brandegee ; Temescal Wash, 

 Eiverside Co., Jepson 1570 ; Newport, Orange Co., 

 Booth 1096; Pt. Mugu, Ventura Co., J. T. Howell 

 3132 ; Bakersfield, Davy 1966 ; Benicia, Jepson 5a. 

 Larger flowered (IV2 to 2% lines) maritime form 

 (var. major Yuncker) : San Diego, Berg; Ballona 

 Marshes, Los Angeles Co., Chandler 2043; West Berke- 

 ley, Davy; Humboldt Bay, Tracy 1256. 



Eefs. — CuscuTA SALINA Engelm. ; Gray, Bot. Cal. 

 1:536 (1876), type loe. saline marshes, San Fran- 

 cisco Bay, C. Wrinht, Bolander, KeUo(i<j : Jepson, Fl. 

 W. Mid. Cal. 389 "(1901), ed. 2, 327 (1911), Man. 780 



(1925). C. suhinclusa var. aihreviata Engelm., Trans. St. Louis Acad. 1:500 (1859), type loe. 



Mare Isl., Wright. C. calif ornica var. squamigera Engelm., Trans. St. Louis Acad. 1 :499 (1859), 



type loe. Eio Virgen, Utah, Remy. C. suhinclusa var. squamigera Yuncker, Univ. 111. Biol. Monog. 



6:161 (1921). C. squamigera Piper, Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 11:455 (1906). C. salina var. 



major Yuncker, Univ. 111. Biol. Monog. 6:161 (1921), type loe. Palo Alto, C. F. Balcer 41. 



Fig. 365. CuscuTA salina Engelm. 

 a, habit (parasitic on Jaumea carnosa 

 Gray), X 1; b, fl., X 4; c, corolla spread 

 open, X 4 ; d, pistil, X 7. 



4. C. indecora Choisy var. neuropetala Hitchc. Lucern Dodder. Stems 

 rather stout, often turning dark in age; flowers 1 to 2 lines long, pediceled in loose 

 cymes, more or less papillose; calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, mostly shorter 

 than the broadly campanulate (little longer than broad) corolla-tube; corolla-lobes 

 triangular, minutely crenulate, spreading, about as long as the tube, their tips in- 

 flexed; scales ovate, erect, deeply fringed; stamens slightly exserted, anthers and 

 stigma often purple; capsule subglobose, thickened at summit, enveloped by the 

 withering corolla; seeds 2 to 4. 



Jepson, Flora op California, vol. 3, pt. 1, pp. 17-128, May 31, 1939. 



