Cuscuta.~] ci. CONVOLVDLACEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) 227 



Cuscut. 29 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 120. C. carmata, Br. Prodr. 491 : Chois. 

 L c. 460. C. sulcata, Roxb. FL Ind. i. 447 ; Wall. Cat. 1320, type sheet. 

 O. capillaris, Wall. Cat. 1321 ; CAow. Convolv. Or. 117. C. liyalina, Wight 

 Ic. t. 1372, w<tf of Roth. 0. ciliaris, Hohenack ; 2?<nss. Diagn. 2. iii. 129. 

 Grammica aphylla, Lour. FL Cochinch. 171. 



KASHMIR and CHTJMBA ; alt. 5-7000 ft., Clarke. E. BENGAL ; Wallich. DECCAN 

 PENINSULA ; common. CEYLON ; at Colombo. DISTRIB. Eastwards to Australia and 

 Westwards to Persia. 



Kesembling C. hyalina, but with much less elongate acute corolla-lobes. Sepals 

 nearly free, in large examples keeled (C. sulcata, Roxb. or C. carinata, R. Br.) ; ^n 

 small examples flat. 



VAR. minor, Chois. 3rd Mem. Convolv. t. 3, fig. 4 ; calyx and corolla hardly half 

 so large as in the type. C. sulcata, Wall. Cat. 1320, n. 3. Martaban ; Wallich. 

 Stems exceedingly slender. Referred in MS. by Engelmann to C. obtusiflora, H.B.K. 

 Var. breviflora ; but the Martaban plant has the calyx divided to the base, and seems 

 merely a weak example of C. chincnsis, as Wallich regarded it. Engelmann (Cuscut. 

 43) also refers as a Var. of C. obtusiflora, H. B. K., a plant collected in Kashmir by 

 Jacquemont n. 876, which is no doubt this. 



** Stigma* elongate or linear often as long as the styles. 



5. C. capitata, Roxb. FL Ind. i. 448 ; flowers capitate, corolla ovoid 

 covered with minute papillae without. Engelm. Cuscut. 23. 



TEMPERATE W. HIMALAYA, alt. 6-12,000 ft., from Kashmir to Simla; Jacquemont, 

 Thomson, &c. DISTRIB. Cabul. 



A slender rose-coloured species. Sepals ^-^ i n -> ovate. Corolla scarcely \ in., 

 mouth contracted ; lobes 5, small, triangular, suberect ; scales small, low in the 

 corolla, slightly fimbriate. Styles linear-lanceolate, as long as the short-linear stigmas. 

 Capsule in., exceedingly thin and fragile, enclosed by the unchanged corolla, 

 irregularly breaking up from the base. Seeds 4, ellipsoid, brown. An unmistakable 

 species ; and, as Engelmann noticed, agrees well with Roxburgh's figure and descrip- 

 tion : the puzzle is whence Roxburgh got it ; he says it grew abundantly on Crota- 

 laria juncea, a plant cultivated at or near the sea-level. 



6. C. europaea, Linn.; Syme EngL Bot. t. 927; flowers in sessile 

 globose heads, calyx-tube shortly obconic lobes 5-4 ovate-triangular, styles 

 shorter than the linear stigmas, capsule circumsciss near the base along a 

 thickened rim. Engelm. Cuscut. 18, 19, with syn. ; Boiss. FL Orient, iv. 117. 

 O. major, C. Bauh. ; Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 452. C. aggregata, Roxb. FL 

 Ind.i. 447. 0. capillaris, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 86. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 5-12,000 ft., from Kashmir to Sikkim ; Thomson 

 Edgeworth, J. D. H., &c. DISTRIB. Europe, Western and Central Asia. 



Calyx i in. Corolla-tube T \ in., ovoid ; lobes 5-4, ovate or triangular ; scales 

 near the base of the filaments, obtuse or emarginate, crenulate or subentire. Capsule 

 in., fragile. Seeds usually 4, ellipsoid, brown. 



7. C. planiflora, Tenore ; Engelm. Cuscut. 14 with syn. ; flowers in 

 sessile globose heads, sepals ovate-oblong, corolla-tube longer than the calyx, 

 styles shorter than the linear stigmas, capsule circumsciss near the base along a 

 thickened rim. Boiss. FL Orient, iv. 116. C. minor, C. Bauh, ; Chois. in DC. 

 Prodr. ix. 453. O. brevistyla, A. Rich. FL Abyss, ii. 79 ; Engelm. Cuscut. 17 ; 

 Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 117. 



SUBTROPICAL W. HIMALAYA, alt. 1-6000 ft. ; frequent, descending to the Punjab 

 Plain. DISTRIB. Mediterranean Region, Central Asia. 



Closely resembling C. europcea. Calyx and corolla often glistening from their 

 large lax tissue ; whence the Indian examples have been regarded as papillose, and 

 placed wrongly with C. capitata. Corolla -tube usually much longer than the calyx. 



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