Cuscuta.] CONVOLVULACEvE. 1-73 



seeded. Name from convolvo, to entwine : whence, too, the 

 English name Bindweed. Pentandria. Monoyynia. 



* With two small bracteas remote from the calyx. 



1. C. arvensis, Linn. Small Bindweed. Stem climbing; leaves 

 sagittate, their lobes acute ; peduncles mostly single-flowered ; 

 bracteas minute, distant from the flower, br. Fl. \ . p. 96. E. 

 Fl. v. i. p. 284. E. Eot. t. 312. 



Corn-fields, hedges, &c. especially in a light soil. Fl. June, July. 

 1. Flo wers rather small, rose-coloured. Hoot running very deep 

 into the ground and difficult of extirpation. 



jjc sj< With two large bracteas applied to the calyx. (Calystegia. 



Br.) 



2. C. Sepium, Linn. Great Bindweed. Stem climbing ; 

 leaves sagittate, the lobes truncate ; peduncles 4-sided, single- 

 flowered ; bracteas large, heart-shaped, close to the flower. Br. 

 FL 1. p. 96. E. Fl. v. i. p. 284. E. Bot. t. 313. 



Moi?t woods and hedges. Fl. July, Aug. 1. Much larger than 

 the last in every part. Flowers very large, showy, pure white, rarely 

 pink. 



3. C. Soldanella, Linn. Sea Bindweed. Stem prostrate ; 

 leaves reniform, fleshy; peduncles 4-sided, single-flowered, their 

 angles winged ; bracteas large, ovate, close to the calyx. Br. 

 Fl. 1. p. 96. E. Fl. v. i. p. 284. E. Bot. t. 314. 



Sea-shore in sandy and gravelly places. Portmarnock and other 

 places near Dublin. Fl. June Aug. %. Root long, creeping. 

 Flowers few, large, rose-coloured. " Capsules of 3 4 cells, less 

 frequently of 2, never of 1." (Mr.J. Wilson) Hooker. 



2. CUSCUTA. Linn. Dodder. 



Calyx 4 5-cleft. Corolla campanulate, 4 5-Iobed. Capsule 

 bursting all round transversely at the base, 2-celled, with the 

 cells 2-seeded. Parasitical leafless plants, with long twining 

 filiform stems. Name, the same as KaaavOa, probably from 

 the Arabic Keshout. (Theis.) 



Pentandria. Digynia. 



1. C. europaa, Linn. Greater Dodder. Flowers nearly 

 sessile; corolla with reflexed segments. Br. Fl. I. p. 112. E. 

 Fl. v. ii. p. 2L E. Bot. t. 378. 



Parasitical on the aommon flax. Fl. Aug. Sept. 0. Stems very 

 large, red, having small tubercles and papillae, which act as roots. 

 Flowers clustered, of a pale yellowish rose colour. The lesser Dodder 

 ( C. EpitKymum) which grows parasiticall y on furze, heath and other 

 plants in England and Scotland, has not yet been found in Ireland. 



