SSO TETHAlfDRlA DIGYNIA. 



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* This skrub seldom flowers with us until its leaves Iiavc all fallcB. 

 It appears, from Dr.Bigelovv-s description, to attain to a much more con'- 

 siderable size in New-England than the Southern States. Walter's 

 thfec species appear to be onlj varieties, 



Negroes grind off the ends of the »eed, and string them for personil 

 ©rnaments. 



Grows in light, rich soils, on the margins of rivulets. 

 Flowers October — November, and gometimes during the mlM 

 Weather in winter. ffitch HazU, 



2. M*f!H0PHYLi4A. Pursh. 



H. foliis suborbiculatis, I Leaves nearly orbicu. 

 •ordatis, grosse obtuse- j lar, cordate, largely and 

 dentatis, subtus scabro- I obtusely toothed, beneatli 

 punctatis. Pursh, 1. p. rough, with scabrous 



116. 



dots. 



Found by Mr. Lyon in the western districts of Georgia ; a spccieJ 



perhaps doubtful. 



CUSCUTA. 



Calyx 4-fidus. Corol- I Calyx 4 cleft, ("or^^' 

 la i-petaJa. Capsula S- 1 /a 1 petalled. Capm 

 locularis, circumscissa. I S celled, circumscissed 



1. Americana. 



C. floribus peduncula- f Flowers peduncled,um- 

 tis, umbellatis, quinque- | belled, 5 cleft, 

 fidis. Sp. pi. l.p. 702. 



Walt. p. 109. Mich. 1. p. 173, Pursh, 1. p. IlG. 



This singular plant, which twines around small shrubs, and resf^ 

 bles loose webs of pale orange-coloured thread, springs first J'^''' 

 ground, but immediately attaching itself to other P^^^ts d^o^.^ 

 parasitic, adheres closely to their bark, and loses its coiinecoon^ ^^ 

 the earth. Stem filiform. Leaves 0. Flowers in alternate »» 

 mote clusters. Small petals, nearly white. Seeds 2. ♦ozeti*' 



The flowers are perhaps rather in small racemes clustered g 

 jfiian in umbels, and are in our species pentandrous. , , ^ 



. This plant is feund attached indiscriminately to s^'^"''?^*"" c»d»' 

 eeous plants, but seems to prefer the Befula serrulata, ^a™'*'!^ reidil/ 

 flensis, Rubus trivialis, and Erigeron Canadense. ^* "?"^ nffit»* 

 transplanted by detaching a few inches of the stem and placi«fi 

 •ny living plant in damp weather. 



Grows in damp soils- - jpjgf. 



Flowers tJirough the suramen "^ 



