92 FLORA TELLLR. 



akin to Olax, Bassia — cal 3part. cor, globosa 

 6fida, stam. 6 fert- segm. opp. 6 interna sterilia, 

 stylus 1, stig. sub 3fid. caps. glob. Isp. ad corolla 

 subbacata tecta. — Types C. filiformis L, filif. 

 verrucosa, fl. spicat. India — 2 other subg. or Gen. 

 not yet well descr. belong here, all the sp. of 

 Viscutn L. without leaves belong here accord- 

 ing to Smith and probably form a peculiar akin 

 Genus. Most of the Botanists have given dif- 

 ferent characters to this Genus! hardly 2 or 3 

 agree which indicates several sp. or G. most of 

 them unite Volutella to it or ascribe its charac- 

 ter to Cassytha. The Cassutha cornea of 

 Rumph, or C. corniculata L. has never been 

 well described, having spines, leaves linear lan- 

 ceolate and horned flowers, it must probably 

 form a G. perhaps the Collodion of Loureiro ? — 

 While the Cuscuta 5. t. 184 of Rumph. which 

 is the Cassyta zeylanica Gaertn. t 27, &c ought 

 to form another G. Rdmputris Raf diff. by 

 stam, 6 ineq. 3 shorter alt. 3 longer biglandulose 

 at base, 1 style, 3 stigmas, nut longer than bac- 

 cate corolla. Type R. fasciculata Raf. fol. 

 paucis fascicul. tenuis. 



1078. OzARTiiuis Raf diff. Cassytha fl . .stylo 

 tereto persistens, caulih. artic. aphylis flowers 

 to be described . . . types 1 O. opuntioides R. 

 artic. compr. 2 O. triquetra R. artic. Squetris 

 (V. artic. Burm) — 3 O. capense R. artic. tere- 

 tis baccis opp. — 4 O. paradoxa Raf (Vise, ver- 

 tic. L. sine fol.) ramis teretis, baccis confertis: 

 all those united to Viscum by L. &c O. opun- 

 tioides is besides Cactus pendidus ! Ait and 

 Cassytha baccifera Sal. thus put in 3 Genera! 



1079. Spironema R, Volutella Forsk. Vitm. 

 (n. mal. ad Voluta) diff'. Cassytha, cal. 6phyl. 

 deciduus, cor. ineq. 6part. 3 ext. basi intus cor- 



