od 
9 OS 
41 ENGELMANN—CUSCUTA. [491] 
Inflorescence —— either an umbelliform or somewhat 
rope, and one (C. appendiculata) is peculiar to South Africa. 
§ 1. Platycarpee. 
Flowers pedicelled ; sepals united ; ovary and capsule globose-depressed 
with walls of uniform thickness, (in' some forms of t the Are ipatas siel ee ) 
* Flowers arran in single or compound sub rlobose ¢ 1 
usually short and a withered corolla reiauentite at base OF eae an. ul 
39. C. oprusiriorA, Humb. Bonpl. Kunth. 13. mms 
plant is the type of a series of forms spread over a great part 
of the globe. The inconspicuous oe chs of the Peru- 
ee was not recognized no te for in the spe- 
cimens found in widely distant ext the globe; these, 
chergfore, received distinct specific appellati ns, and different 
ones in different countries. They all a ee ized by the 
i ‘h 
commonly, glandulous-dotted. The principal, if not the <_ 
difference, I can discover between the different forms, 
united, lies in the shape and size of the scales. 
Synopsis of the forms of C. obtusifiora. 
a. Scales ovate or spatulate. 
* Scales small, shorter than the tube of the corolla: Var. vera, 
from South America. 
** Scales large, equalling or sence: the ge of the corolla; all 
parts of the flower dotted wi th glands: Var. glandulosa 
the West Indies and the southern parts of t the o States. 
