10:; 



.•ill'alfii :iihI cldvcr. In licrl.aiia il is cdi only lalicllcl as r, frifolii. a 



siM'cics dial is now ((irisidci-cd as liciiii,' ciliicc syiKinyiimiis willi nv at must 

 ImiI a \aricty oT C Hpil It iiiii ii iii. It is also (•oiifusi'd willi r. i„ ithn/oini lic- 

 causr nf tlic fad tlial hotli species sIk.w a in'ediiert ion n.r Hie same Uiiid 

 (if hosts. This sjiecies has l.econie very wide spi'ead in Xorth Aniei'ica iiav- 

 ini; hecii njund from tiie Atlantic to Hie I'acilic and fi-oni Canada (o Mexico. 

 Its wide distrihiitien is accounted Cor by tii(> fact (liat its soods arc fre- 

 <|U('nlly found as a contauiinaid of liio^e af lenunniious crojis. Whilo col- 

 lections of tliis species liave been made in adjoinini: slates none liave licen 

 seen by tlie writer from Indiana. 



Fig. VI. — Cuscuta Epilinum. x4. 



9. Cuscuta Epilinum Weihe. Flax dodder. 



[Figure VI.] 



C. Epilihium Weill.'. Aifhiv d. Apoth.. 8:50-51. 1824. 



This species, so far as known to the writer, has never been found In 

 Indiana. It has been seen from Ohio and Michigan and is to be looked for 

 wherever flax is grown. All of the specimens have been parasitic on flax. 



The private herbarium of Mr. Chas. C. Deam of Bluffton, Indiana, was 

 the largest single collection of Indiana dodders seen bj' the writer. I desire 

 to express my thanks for the loan of this and other collections which were 

 .sent me for study. 



DEPAUW UNIVERSITY, 

 Dec. 5, 1919. 



