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Convolvulus tricolor, L. Very common in cultivated 

 places in the Mediterranean area. Cultivated in gardens 

 in Britain, and sometimes recorded as an escape. 



Cuscuta Epilinum, Weihe. Parasitic on flax in many 

 parts of England. Doubtless originally imported when 

 the flax industry was introduced. 



Cuscuta planifLora, Ten. Native from the Medi- 

 terranean to the Himalayas. It has been found in 

 England on cultivated Meliloius, being doubtless in- 

 troduced with its host. 



Cuscuta racemosa, Mart. Parasitic on various wild 

 species in tropical South America. It has been noticed 

 ■^once or twice in England on Lucerne. 



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[Atropa Belladonna, L. Native in woods in England 

 and in most parts of Europe. It was anciently 

 cultivated for medicinal use, and perhaps in most of 

 its stations is a relic of such culture, but in the chalky 

 and limestone woods of Southern England it is as 

 undoubtedly indigenous as in similar situations in 

 France, Holland, and Belgium.] 



Datura Stramonium, L. De Candolle, after a very 

 careful review of all the facts known to him bearing 

 upon the subject, concluded that the species originated 

 from the Caspian region, and that it was introduced 

 into Europe at some time between the fall of the Roman 



