MORNING-GLORY FAMILY 677 



Thickets and fence-tows: N.S.—N.C.—N.M.— Wash.— B.C. Plain— Submont. 

 My-Au. 



6. C. interior House. Stems prostrate or somewhat cUmbing, 2-8 dm. 

 long, densely and softly pubescent; leaf-blades deltoid or hastate-ovate, 2.5-4 

 cm. long, glabrous above, pubescent beneath; base shallowly cordate or truncate; 

 bracts broadly ovate, obtuse, closely investing the calyx; corolla white, 3.5-4 cm. 

 long, the limb entire, 3-4 cm. broad. Sandy soil: N.D. — Okla. — Ariz. — Colo. 

 Plain. My-Jl. 



7. C. Macounii Greene. Stem erect, 7-15 cm. high, glabrous; leaves 

 broadly sagittate, about 5 cm. long, glabrous; bracts broad, oval, obtuse, 2-2.5 

 cm. long, auricled at the base; corolla white, fuUy 5 cm. long. Sandy soil: 

 Sask.— B.C. Plain. Au. 



Family 108. CUSCUTACEAE. Dodder Family. 



Herbaceous parasites, with twining stems, at first germinating in the 

 ground, but soon attaching themselves to some other plant by means of 

 aerial rootlets, and taking their nourishment from these, the lower part of 

 the stem having decayed early. Leaves reduced to minute alternate scales. 

 Flowers perfect, regular, in compact or open cymes. Calj^x inferior; sepals 

 5, or rarely 4, distinct or more or less united. Corolla campanulate or sub- 

 globose, 5-lobed, or rarely 4-lobed, the lobes being imbricate, usually with 

 crenulate or fringed scales in the throat, alternating with the lobes. Sta- 

 mens 5, rarely 4, partly adnate to the corolla; anthers 2-celled. Styles 2, 

 mostly distinct; stigmas capitate or elongate. Capsule subglobose or 

 ovoid, 2-celled, circumscissile or bursting irregularly. Embrj'O curved or 

 spiral, in a fleshy endosperm. 



1. CUSCUTA (Tourn.) L. Dodder, Love-vine, Coral-vine. 



Characters of the family. 



Stigmas elongate, linear; styles equal: capsule circumscissile. 



Corolla globose-urceolate ; scales inside the corolla crenate. 1. C. gracilis. 



Corolla open-campanulate; scales -inside the corolla deeply fringed. 



Caly.x-lobes obtuse. 2. C. planiflora. 



Calyx-lobes acute. 3. C. Anthemi. 



Stigmas capitate; styles asually unequal. 



Capsule circumscissile; caly.x and corolla-lobes acuminate; inflorescence umbel-like. 



4. C. umbcllata. 

 Capsule indehiscent or bursting irregularly. 

 Calyx gamosepalous, asually not bracted. 

 Capsule depressed-globose. 



Lobes of the corolla triangular or lanceolate, acuminate or aciite. 



Calyx-lobes acute or aciiminate; corolla-lobes erect or somewhat spread- 

 ing, in fruit connivent; flowers pedicelled. 5. C. californica. 

 Calyx-lobes rounded; coroUa-lobes strongly spreading with infle.xed tips; 

 flowers subsessile. 6. C. arvensis. 

 Lobes of the corolla oblong, very obtuse. 



Corolla deeply campanulate, 4-merous, about 2 mm. wide; tube longer 



than the calyx. 7. C. cephalanthi. 



Corolla open-campanulate, about 4 mm. wide; tube shorter than the 

 calyx. 8. C. plattensis. 



Capsiile ovoid-globose, acute. 

 CoroUa-lob&s not i ncurved. 



Lobes of the corolla and the calyx obtuse. 



Flowers lass than 2 mm. long; calyx-lobes very short, rounded and 



denticulate. 9. C. denticulata. 



Flowers 2.5-3 mm. long; calyx-lobes ovate, not denticulate. 



Scales incurved over the ovary; styles about half as long as 



the ovary or longer. 10. C. Gronorii. 



Scales appressed to the corolla-tube; styles one-third to ono- 

 ' fourth as long as the ovary. 11. C. curia. 



Lob&s of the corolla and calyx acute. 12. C. salina. 



Corolla-lobes incvu-ved at the apex. 



Capsule 4 mm. or less broad; inflorescence rather open. 



13. C. indecora. 



