774 Convolvulaceae. 
d’Eg., p. 108 no. 709. — Sickenberg. Contrib. Flor. d’Eg., p. 259. — 
Cuscuta densiflora Soy. Willem. Rehbch. Ic. XVII, tab. 142 fig. D. 
— Kpilinella cuscutoides Pfeiff. in Bot. Ztschr. III (1847), p. 673. — 
An annual herb. Heads dense; calyx appressed to the corolla, as long 
as its tube, deeply parted into broad, ovate lobes; corolla-tube nearly 
globular, limb half as long as the tube, lobes triangular, acute, 
spreading; scales small, appressed to the tube; stigmas twice as 
long as the style, at length nearly club-shaped. — Flow. February 
to March. 
N. d. Cairo. — N. v. Siut; always in flax. 
Also known from Arabia Petraea, Palestine and Syria. 
1083. (4.) Cuscuta arabica I[res. in Mus. Senckenberg. | 
(1835), p. 165. — Boiss. Flor. Or. IV, p.120. — Choisy in DC. 
Prodrom. IX, p.453. — _ Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., p. 108 
no. 710. — Sickenberg. Contrib. Flor. d’Eg., p. 259. — A annual 
herb. Stem filiform. Flower-clusters small, about 5 mm in diam.; 
flowers subsessile. Calyx shallowly campanulate, 5-lobed to about 
the middle, about 2mm long. Corolla shortly campanulate, slightly 
exceeding the calyx; lobes short, bluntly ovate. Stamens a little 
shorter than the corolla-lobes. Scales bluntly-ovate-oblong, fimbriate. 
Styles obsolete; stigmas short, linear. Capsule ultimately separating 
at the base. Seeds pale brown, granulate. — Flow. March to April. 
M. ma. Almaida; Bir-Burdan; Abusir; Mariut; Alexandria-West 
and -Hast; Sidi Gaber; Abukir. — N.d. Alexandria; Damanhtr; Destq; 
Faia; Er-Rahmaniya; Tanta; Shirbin; Manstira; Zaqaziq; Cairo. — 
N. f. Medinet-el-Fayim; Begig; Kom Faris; Tamia; El-Wady; El- 
Hamman; Kafr-Mukftt. — N. v. Kafr-el-Ayyat; El-Wasta; Beni- 
Suef; Fesbn; Molatiya; Kene; Karnak; Luksor; Aswan. — O. Little 
Oasis; Farafra not common; Dakhel, in Trifolium-fields; Great Oasis 
common. — D. a. sept. Serapeum; Bir-Suez; Suez; Turra; Helwan; 
Wady Dugla; Great Petrified forest. — D. a. mer. Wady Lekhuma. 
Local name: hamil; ingil. 
Also known from Arabia Petraea, Palestine, Syria and Tropical Africa. 
1084. (5.) Cuscuta monogyna Vahl Symb. Bot. 11 (1791), p. 32. — 
Boiss. Flor. Or. IV, p. 121. — Choisy in DC. Prodrom. LX, p. 454. — 
Aschers.-Schweinf. Il. Flor. d’Eg., p. 108 no. 711. — Sickenberg. Contrib. 
Flor. @Eg., p.259.— Sibth. and Smith Flor. graec., tab. 257. — Cuseuta 
orientalis Tournef. Cor., p. 45. — Cuscuta astyla Engelmann Monogr., 
p.45. — An annual herb. Stems thicker than in other species, 
0,3 cm in diameter. Flowers 4 mm long, 8—16 in a spike-like raceme 
2—5 cm long; calyx-lobes ovate, imbricated, obtuse; corolla in 
flower cylindrical, tube longer than the calyx, with short, erect, 
