Two new species of Cuscuta from Peru 
T. G. YUNCKER 
(WITH TWO TEXT FIGURES) 
Cuscuta lucidicarpa sp. nov. 
Stems slender. Flowers x4 mm. — more or ‘less eo Bete: 
subsessile or sessile, borne singly or in few-flowered cluster: 
calyx mostly red, scarcely ssialoatac ‘he corolla abe. divided 
lobes reddish, triangular-ovate, =e een connivent or spreading; 
anthers oval and subsessile on short, stout 
ing the stamens or slightly pe oblong, fringed with =u 
processes, bridged low; styles subulate and tapering from t 
conical ovary. Caps ule depressed-globose, becoming very thin 
and semi-transparent, circumscissile, carrying the withered corolla 
about its upper part; seeds four, triangular, hilum short. 
This species belongs in subsection SUBULATAE near Cuscuta 
boliviana Yuncker from which it differs in its shorter filaments, | 
more subulate styles and in not having overlapping or carinate 
calyx lobes 
Br Cuscuta LuciwicarpA Yuncker. A. Flower, X 5. B. 
abl tag <5. C. Opened calyx, X 5. D. Capsule, Pg ag cae 
scale, X Io. 
Collected by McBride and Featherstone (No. 1035) at Tarma, 
Peru, June 1-6, 1922. The type is in the Field Museum Herba- 
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