150 



•j. Ci s( iTA (()\irA( TA .Tussicn. Compact dodder. 



r. ,-fniii"i'l" .liissiiii ill Clioisv. .\I(''iii. Soc. Phys. ot Hist. Nat. Gciii^vc, 9 :2S1. 



/,/. u.ji;/. i;. IS II. 



Tlic ll.iwcrs (.r lliis well iiuirkcil species arc (iflcii pni.liice.l ciHlo^'ciiously 

 like lliosc of ('. (jhnniratu and, wiiik' tlicy are usually ronueil into doMso, 

 coiiipact clusters about the host, the nifloroscence does not have the rope-like 

 appearance of the former. Tlie flowers of this are usually of a much darker 

 color (lian ai'e tliese of <'. f/lomcnitii. This si)ecies prefers woody hosts such 

 as Ccitlnilinillnis, Sitssafnts. Siili.r. etc.. and seems to be limited to the 

 sonthweslern part of the state. 



Spcciinons examined: — Gibson Co. (Schnrck in 1904); Tiawrcnce Co.. Mitchell 

 ilhinii is,'iii9) ; Sullivan Co., GTayville {Dcam 29,3<!<)) ; Posey Co., Mt. Vernon 

 ilhinii !'i.:!<(i. 20.076) ; Dubois Co., Huntingburg (Deam 28,253); Jackson Co., 

 ClK-lniK Kiilue (Deam 0,520). 



Fig. II.— Cuscuta Cephalanthi. .\4. 

 ;i. CuscuTA Cepiialantiii Engelmann. liuttonbush dodder. 



IFl.iIKE II. 1 



('. C(i>hal<tiithl Engelmann, Amer. .loiirii. Sci. & Arts, ).J ::i36. pi. G, figs. l-C. 1842. 



This little dodder is commonly mistaken for (J. Gronotni, an error that 



should not occur, however, if one compares the capsules which are iMjinted 



with V. Oronovii and depressed with this si)ecies. It is frequently found 



