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whole plant has a reddish-yellow appearance, Lam. diet. 2. p. 

 229. Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 116. Jacq. amer. pict. t. 

 17. Sloane, jam. 85. hist. 1. p. 201. t. 128. f. 4. C. Surinara- 

 ensis, Schill. lepr. t. 2. Vittm. summ. pi. 1. p. 341. C. Gro- 

 novii, Willd. herb. Flowers small, aggregate, yellowish. Geni- 

 tals hardly inclosed. 



American Dodder. PI. parasitical. 



18 C. JALAPE'XSIS (Schlecht, in Linnaea, 8. p. 515.) scales 

 ovate, cuneated, or spatnlate at the base, much shorter than the 

 style, which is hardly exserted ; flowers aggregate ; corolla 

 deeply 5-lobed : lobes reflexed at length, therefore the anthers 

 are exserted; capsule bicornute. Tf.. S. Native of Mexico, 

 near Jalapa, on Tragia Baccharis, and Crbton, &c. Flowers 

 white. Said to come nearest to C. Americana ; but differs from 

 it in the corolla being longer, blunter, and more deeply lobed ; 

 and in the other characters indicated above. 



Jalapa Dodder. PI. parasitical. 



19 C. MIMA'TA (Mart, reise. ex Linnaea, 5. p. 29.) racemes 

 pedunculate, 6-8-flowered ; throat of corolla closed by ciliated 

 scales; genitals inclosed. O- G. Native of Brazil. 



Vermilion Dodder. PI. parasitical. 



20 C. BACEMOSA (Mart. 1. c. p. 38.) flowers pedunculate, cy- 

 mosely racemose ; corolla twice longer than the calyx, pentan- 

 drous ; throat closed by ciliated scales. Q. G. Native of 

 Brazil. 



Racetnose-Qovrered Dodder. PI. parasitical. 



\ 3 A species native of Africa. 



21 C. AFRICA NA (Thunb. phyt. blatt. p. 17. fl. cap. p. 568.) 

 peduncles 1 -flowered; flowers 5-cleft, pentandrous, digynous. 

 0. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, parasitical on various 

 trt-es. C. Americana, Thunb. prod. p. 32. Peduncles capillary, 

 furnished with a bractea at the base. Calyx very short, 5-cleft. 

 Filaments 5, inserted in the incisures between the lobes of the 

 corolla, and equal in length to them. The stems are more 

 slender, and the flowers are smaller than those of C. Ame- 

 ricana. 



African Dodder. PI. parasitical. 



22 C. AEA'BICA (Fres. fl. egypt. et arab. p. 165.) digynous, 

 pentandrous ; fascicles few-flowered ; flowers nearly sessile, 

 small ; genitals inclosed ; epipetalous scales fringed at top ; 

 branches capillary, densely imbricate. If. H. Native of 

 Arabia. Habit of C. cf.ithymum. Tube of corolla and calyx 

 shorter than the limb. 



Arabian Dodder. PI. parasitical. 



4. Species natives of Asia. 



23 C. VERRUCOSA (Sweet, fl. gard. t. 6.) digynous, pentan- 

 drous ; stigmas lanceolate, obtuse, dilated at the base, fleshy ; 

 epipetalous scales fimbriately jagged ; anthers nearly sessile ; 

 calyx 5-cleft, with roundish segments. I/ . H. Native of Ni- 

 paul. Branches irregularly marked with purple, linear spots. 

 Racemes numerous, often 3-flowered, but sometimes 9-10-flow- 

 ered. Flowers white, fragrant. 



JFarterf-stemmed Dodder. Fl. Sept. Nov. Clt. 1822. PI. 

 parasitical. 



24 C. HOOKE'RI (Sweet, hort. brit. p. 290.) digynous, pen- 

 tandrous ; stigmas nearly sessile, diverging, subulate ; corolla 

 campanulate, 5 -toothed, with reflexed segments ; epipetalous 

 scales fringed ; anthers sessile. G. G. Native of Mysore and 

 Coromandel. C. reflexa, var. /3, verrucosa, Hook. exot. fl. t. 

 150. Stems spotted, and dashed with purple. Peduncles and 

 calyxes warted. Corolla white. 



Hooker's Dodder. Fl. Sept. Nov. Clt. 1823. PI. parasi- 

 tical. 



25 C. REFLE'XA (Roxb. cor. 2. p. 2. t. 104.) digynous, pen- 

 VOL. nr. 



tandrous ; style hardly any : stigmas large, fleshy, expanded, 

 acuminated : corolla with a cylindrical tube and reflexed seg- 

 ments ; calycine segments ovate-oblong, acutish ; epipetalous 

 scales bearded ; filaments very short. O- G. Native of Coro- 

 mandel, where it is called Sitamaponyntoloa by the Telingas. 

 Stems rough. Racemes long, numerous, many-flowered. Flow- 

 ers white. Capsule baccate. 



Reflexed-dowered Dodder. PI. parasitical. 



26 C. CHINE'NSIS (Lam. diet. 2. p. 229. Willd. spec. 1. p. 

 704.) digynous, pentandrous ; stigmas subcapitate ; corolla ur- 

 ceolate, with corniculate segments ; calyx almost the length of 

 the corolla, with keeled segments; genitals inclosed. 0. G. 

 Native of China. Plant greenish-yellow. Flowers in loose, 

 few-flowered fascicles, the whole forming an irregular panicle. 

 Corollas white. Styles twisted. 



China Dodder. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1803. PI. parasi- 

 tical. 



27 C. SCLCA'TA (Roxb. ex Wall, cat. no. 1320.) digynous, 

 pentandrous ; stigmas capitate ; corolla campanulate, small ; 

 calycine segments ovate-oblong, membranous, pellucid, equal, 

 obtuse, (" fleshy, furrowed," ex Roxb.) ; genitals exserted. 

 O- G. Native of Silhet, Martaban, Bengal. Stems filiform. 

 Flowers crowded, in lateral, few-flowered fascicles, scaly at the 

 base ; pedicels almost wanting. Styles nearly equal, exserted. 

 Capsule small. 



/"urron-erf-calyxed Dodder. PI. parasitical. 



28 C. HACRA'NTHA ; monogynous, pentandrous ; style one, 

 short : stigma acute ; corolla tubular, 4-5 times longer than the 

 calyx, 5-lobed at apex : lobes short, acutish, reflexed ; epipe- 

 talous scales membranous, near the base of the corolla ; sepals 

 oblong-roundish, obtuse, membranous. O- G. Native of Ni- 

 paul. C. grandiflora, Wall, cat. no. 1318. Stems rough, 

 black in the dried state. Common peduncles elongated, race- 

 mose, 1-2 inches long, many-flowered, those on the younger 

 branches short and few-flowered ; flowers pedicellate. Corolla 

 showy. Anthers sessile, in the throat of the corolla. This, 

 along with C. reflexa and C. monogyna, might form perhaps a 

 distinct genus from the simple style. 



Zarge-flowered Dodder. PI. parasitical. 



29 C. HYALI'NA (Roth. nov. spec. p. 220.) digynous tetran- 

 drous; peduncles 3-flowered ; flowers pedicellate ; corolla trans- 

 parent, 4-cleft ; genitals inclosed ; stigmas capitate ; capsule mem- 

 branous. G. S. Native of the East Indies. Stems capillary. 

 Corolla one-half longer than the calyx. Epipetalous scales 

 seated on the stamens, fixed to the mouth of the corolla, and 

 alternating with its segments, which are lanceolate. Capsule 

 2-celled ; cells 2-seeded. 



//ya/ine-flowered Dodder. PI. parasitical. 



30 C. CAPILLA'RIS (Wall. cat. no. 1321.) Q. S. Native of 

 the East Indies, at Segaen, opposite Ava. This only differs 

 from C. sulcala in the flowers being a little more crowded. 



Capillary Dodder. PI. parasitical. 



31 C. CAPITA'TA (Roxb. ex Spreng. syst. 1. p. 864.) flowers 

 disposed in crowded heads ; calyx and corolla papillose, pellu- 

 cid. O- G. Native of the East Indies. 



Ca^ita/e-flowered Dodder. PI. parasitical. 



} Doubtful species. 



32 C. FUSIPORMIS (Willd. rel. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 6. 

 p. 205.) peduncles 1-3-flowered ; corolla 4-cleft, very minute 

 and remote. G. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on 

 Slatia radiata. 



Fusiform Dodder. PI. parasitical. 



33 C. CTMOSA (Willd. 1. c.) corollas quinquefid ; flowers cy- 

 mose ; cymes bifid. G- S. Native of South America. Humb. 

 et Bonpl. Perhaps the same as C. umbellata. 



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