ENGELMANN—CUSCUTA. 511 
added. The glomerules almost always form two parallel 
lines on both sides of the stem, wherever it is attached to. 
the stem of the nurse and somewhat flattened, rarely in de- 
tached clusters, where the stem is free; these clusters of 
flowers run completely together and form at last a continu- 
= spiral coil, 6-10 lines in thickness, and several inches in 
of co 
pee stlopodium la ta Sil, z, Le. £3 38) or smaller (1. 
£34) t han ovary proper; flowers often sterile ; seeds 2 or 
poi 1 in each capsule, 0. 5 line long, ne more or less com- 
pressed, very slightly rostrate, small oval hi 
nesque was no doubt the first to distin this species, 
and his name, a very appropriate one, would have the rf i oe 
dence over the later ones, if he, by his very incorrect descrip- 
tion, had not enve loped the w whole in so much obscurity, that 
pe a name is to be preferred. - 
66. C. o fe te ae in Hb.; Choisy! Cuse. 185, t. 
4, £2; DC. Prod. IX. 458; Engelm.! Bost. Journ. N. 
ora Fruticum, Bertol. Mise. 
295 ; C. remotifi and ¢ oar 
X. 29; ericana, a na @ Nutt.! in 
Hb.; C. coronata, Be e banks of 
St. Lawrence in the aa rs New York southward, and on 
the Alleghany mountains from Pennsylvania to Geo 
®, giving it a pointed appearance ; 
each capsule, 0.8-1.0 line pga 
nate | searcely rostrate ; hilum 
