Mr. Ch. C. Babington on some species of Cuscuta. 3 
more than one species included under the name of C. Epithymum. 
My plant inhabits heathy places, growing upon Erica, Ulex, Sa- 
rothamnus, &e. 
2. C. Trifolii (Bab.) ; florum glomerulis bracteatis sessilibus, calyce 
infundibuliformi tubum corolle subequante : segmentis lanceolatis, 
interstitiis corone saccatis: lobis dimidium tubi infundibuliformis 
corolle subequantibus apice rotundatis fimbriatis convergentibus 
basi distantibus, stigmatibus filiformibus. (Plate I. fig. 3.) 
C. Trifolii, Bab. in Phytol. (Feb. 1843), 1. 467; Ann. Nat. Hist. xiii. 
252; Eng. Bot. Suppl. ined. t. 2898. 
C. Epithymum, /. trifolii, Bab. Man. Brit. Bot. 302. 
C. minor, 73. Trifolii, Choisy in DeCand. Prod. ix. 453. 
Calyx funnel-shaped, rather thick, about as long as the tube of 
the corolla, cream-coloured, but occasionally tinged with red ; 
segments lanceolate, about as long as their tube. Tube of the 
corolla rather irregularly funnel-shaped, about equal in length 
to the lanceolate-attenuate spreading segments of the limb. An- 
thers cordate-ovate with a minute apiculus. Corona with saccate 
interstices below ; its processes about half as long as the tube of 
the corolla, narrow, rounded, fimbriated and converging at the 
end, narrowed below, separated from each other by broad inter- 
spaces rounded at the bottom. Between each process the mem- 
brane projects towards the centre of the flower so as to form a 
cup-like space between it and the corolla. Germen truncate, nar- 
rowed below, elevated upon a longish stalk. Styles filiform, 
seated upon small sunken tubercles. Stigmas simple. 
A comparison of the above description and character with those 
which precede them will, I think, prove conclusively that C. Trz- 
folii is a really distinct species from C. Epithymum. It can 
scarcely be necessary to call attention to the saccate corona and 
the difference in the proportions and shape of the other parts of 
the flower. 
The natural place for this plant is upon clover (Trifolium pra- 
tense), but it can live upon many other herbaceous plants. 
3. C. approximata (Bab.); florum glomerulis bracteatis sessilibus, 
calyce campanulato carnoso quam tubum corolle paulo breviori : 
segmentis latis truncatis apiculatisque vel rhomboidalibus, corona 
adpressa : lobis latis adpressis tubo corolle cylindrico paululum bre- 
vioribus bifidis segmentis divergentibus apice fimbriatis basi approvi- 
matis, stigmatibus filiformibus. (Plate I. fig. 1.) 
C. approximata, Bab. in Ann. Nat. Hist. (April 1844), xiii. 253. 
Calyx bell-shaped, fleshy, rather shorter than the tube of the 
corolla, green, tinged with purple at the edge ; segments broad, 
transverse, truncate and apiculate or rhomboidal, usually shorter 
than their tube. Tube of the corolla cylindrical, longer than the 
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