LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 429 



olis; Sandberg 456, Red Wing; Herb. Sheld. 1701, Minneapolis; 

 Herb. Moyer 196, Chippewa river, near Montevideo. 



CUSCUTA Linn. Gen. 89 (1737). 



Epiliiiella and Eiig-elniannia Pfeiff. Bot. Zeit. 673 (1845). 



Cuscutiua Pfeiff. 1. c. 492 (1846). 



Monogynella, Cu«siitlia and Succiita Desmoul. Etud. Cusc 

 65, 66, 74 (1853). 



Grammica Lour. F1. Cochinch. 170 (1790). 



Pfeitteria Buching. Ann. Sci. Nat. 3, V, 88 (1846). 



Lepidaiiche Engelm. Sill. Journ. XLIII, 343 (1842). 



Bucliingera Schultze, Jahrb. Pharm. (1847). 

 Baillon, Hist. PI. X, 330; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI II, 881; Durand, 

 Ind. Gen. Phan. 287; Engler and Prantl, Nat. PJlanz. lY, 3 a, 38 (Peter). 



Living species: 160; temperate and warmer regions. 

 N. America, 21; Europe, 12; Russian Europe, 7; California, 

 8; E. Sts., 10; Rocky mts., 6; S. Sts., 8; PL Wheel., 5; PL 

 King, 3; W. Tex., 12. 



Cuscuta paradoxa Raf. Ann. Nat. (1820). » 



C. glomerata CnoiSY, Mem. Genev. (1841), 



Lepidanche mmpositai-um Engelm. Am. Jour. Sci. XLIII (1842). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 372; Webb., PL Neb. 134; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. Ill; Wats., King Exp. 472; Gov., Fl. Ark. 205; Gray, Syn. Fl. 

 II, 1, 222; Engl. Pet., Nat. Pflanz. IV, 3 a, 39; Coult., Fl. Tex. 295. 



North America: Ohio to Minn., Neb., Kan. and Tex. 

 Minn, valley: Throughout; on Composites, especially 

 Helianthus and Solidago. 



Herb.: Taylor 849, Glenwood; Sheldon 1309, Lake 

 Benton; Kassube 196, Minneapolis; Sandberg 458, Red Wing; 

 Herrick 245, Minneapolis; Herb. Moyer 197, Chippewa river, 

 near Montevideo; Herb. Wickersheim 104, Idlewild, Lincoln Co. 



Cuscuta gronovii Willd. Reliq. in R. and S. Syst. VI, 205 

 (1820). 



C. americana Linn. Spec. 124 (1753) as to pi. Gronov. 

 C. umbrosa Bey. Hook. Fl. Bor-Am. II, 78 (1840) in part. 

 C. vulgivaga Engelm. Am. Jour. Sci. XLIII, 338 (1842). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 372; Briit., Fl. N. J. 180; Webb., 

 Fl. Neb. 134; Chap., Fl. S. St. 347; Mac, Fl. Can. I, 347; Coult., Fl. Colo. 

 267; Upham, Fl. Minn. Ill; Wats., King Exp. 472; Cov., Fl. Ark. 206; 

 Gray, Syn. Fl. IT, 1, 221; Engl. Pet., Nat. Pflanz. IV, 3a. 39; Coult., Fl. 

 Tex. 295. 



North America: N. S., N. Br., Ont. to S. Man,; S. to 

 N. Eng., N. J. andPla.; W. to Minn., Neb., Colo., Tex. and 

 Ark. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; on coarse herbs and 

 shrubs; abundant on Impatiens and Salix. 



