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3. C. Soldanella (L.); 1. reniform slightly angular fleshy, pe- 

 duncles 1 -flowered with 4 membranous angles, bracts ovate close 

 to the flower. E. B. 314. Calystegia R. Br. St. short, pro- 

 cumbent. Fl. large, solitary, axillary, very handsome, pink with 

 yellow bands. Bracts rather shorter than the calyx. Sandy sea- 

 shores. P. VI. VIII. Sea-side Bindweed. 



2. CUSCUTA Linn. Dodder. 



1. C. europcea (L.) ; clusters of fl. bracteated sessile, cor.-tube 

 cylindrical afterwards ventricose, scales adpressed to inside of 

 tube bifid distant below with rounded spaces, cal. much shorter 

 than corolla. E. B. 378. St. threadshaped, branching, reddish. 

 Fl. in rather large clusters, yellowish. Parasitical upon herba- 

 ceous plants. A. VIII. IX. Greater Dodder. E. 



f2. C. Epilinum (Weihe) ; clusters of fl. bracteated sessile, 

 cor.-tube ventricose, scales adpressed fimbriated distant below 

 with rounded spaces, cal. with fleshy segments deltoid below 

 nearly as long as the tube of the corolla. E. B. S. 2850. C. den- 

 siflora Soy.-Willm. St. slender, nearly simple, pale green. Fl. 

 in rather small distant clusters, whitish. Scales bifid with 4 8 

 fimbriae on each lobe. Ventricose cor.-tube with 5 longitudinal 

 protuberances ; segments ventricose. Styles at first erect, soon 

 bowing outwards ; stigmas converging. Parasitical upon Flax 

 and very injurious to the crop. A. VIII. Flax Dodder. 



3. C. Epithymum (Murr.) : clusters of fl. bracteated sessile, 

 cor.-tube cylindrical, scales converging equalling the tube of the 

 cor. fimbriated and rounded at the end approximate below with 

 narrow acute spaces, cal. bellshaped shorter than the tube of the 

 corolla. E. B. 55. St. slender, red, twining irregularly. Fl. 

 small, with a reddish thin cal., and white cor. with spreading 

 ovate-acute segments. Sep. broad, ovate-apiculate, longer than 

 their tube, with patent tips. Anth. blunt or notched at the end. 

 Scales broad ; the connecting membrane adpressed throughout. 

 Parasitical upon small shrubby plants. A. VII. IX. Lesser 

 Dodder. E. S. 



f4. C. Trifolii (Bab.) ; clusters of fl. bracteated sessile, tube 

 of the cor. cylindrical, scales converging equalling half the tube 

 of the cor. fimbriated and rounded at the end distant below with 

 rounded spaces, cal. narrowed below about as long as the tube of 

 the cor. E. B. S. 2898. St. slender, branching, reddish-yel- 

 low, clasping like a ring. Fl. small, white. Cal. fleshy, usually 

 tipped with red ; sep. lanceolate, about as long as their tube, ad- 

 pressed. Anth. apiculate. Scales narrow ; the connecting mem- 

 brane not adpressed, but forming cuplike spaces between itseJf 

 and the corolla. Parasitical upon clover chiefly. A. VII. IX. 

 Clover Dodder. E. 



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