NOLANACr.yE CUSCUTACKiE. 349 



A.tenella, Lindl. {Hort. soc. trans. 7, p. 252; — G. Don's Mill. diet. A, p. 

 479.— N. paradoxa, Sims. ;—B. M. 52, t. 2604, excl. syn. Lindl.) O 

 Chili. Fl. large, pale blue, with a whitish- sulphur-coloured centre, 

 March. 



Nolana spathulata, Ruiz, and Pav. © Peru. — N. coronata, Ruiz, and 

 Pav. © Peru. — N. inflata, Ruiz, and Pav. ® Peru, near Cumana. — N. 

 revoluta, Ruiz, and Pav. © Peru. — Dichondra repens, Forst. ^. Ameri- 

 ca. N. Holland. Van Diemen's Land. Taong-Dong. Ava. — D. caroU- 

 niana, Michx. %. New Orleans. — D. sericea, Swz. %. Jamaica. Mexico. 

 — D, argentea, Willd. %. Mexico. 



ORDER CLXX.— CUSCUTACE^, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 230. 



. Twining, parasitical, leafless herbs, with 1 genus, (Cuscuta,) and about 

 30 species; viz. 12 for S. America, Mexico, and the W. Indies; 3 for 

 Europe ; 2 for New Holland (1 also Indian) ; 2 for S. Africa; 1 for Cau- 

 casus ; I for China ; 1 for Persia ; 1 for N. America, and 7 for the E. In- 

 dies. The latter have been found in Nepal, the Khassya Mountains, Ben- 

 gal, both Peninsulas of India, and Cochin China. 



CuscuTA, L. {Spreng. syst. 9, p. 527, No. 1010 ; G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 

 303.) Dodder. 



1. reflexa, Roxb. {Carom. 2, t. 104 ; /. ind. \, p. 446 ; ed. Carey, 1, p. 

 466 ;— Spreng. syst. \,p. 864 ,— G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 305 ,—J. 

 Graft. Cat. B. pi. p. 134. excl. syn. Hook.) ^eUtt ^SJJ^ffTl 91^ 

 Huldee-algosa-luta. © Coromandel. The Concans. Mahableshwur. 

 Guzerat. Bengal, (Serampore, Silhet.) Parasitic on trees and shrubs. 

 Fl. small, white, Feb. and March ; fr. April. 



2. sulcata, Roxb. {fl. ind. \, p. 447; ed. Carey, \, p. 467; — Spreng. 

 syst. 1 , p. 864 ; — G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 305 ;— /. Grah. Cat. 

 B. pi. p. 134.) © Martaban. Bombay. Bengal, (Serampore, Silhet.) 

 Adhering to Amarantus oleraceus, L., and some other i)lants during 

 the cold season. Fl. small, white, March ; fr. April. 



S.capitata, Roxb. {Jl. ind. 1, p. 448; ed. Carey, \,p. 468; — Spreng. 

 syst. \,p. 864 ; — G. Don's Mill. diet. A, p. 305.) '^t«l7^ft7rl Algosa. 

 © Bengal, (Serampore.) Growing on the lower part of the stems of 

 Crotalaria juncea. Fl. small, white, Feb. and March ; fr. April and May. 



4. aggregata, Roxb. {fl. ind. I, p. 447 ; ed. Carey \,p. 467.) © Acci- 

 dentally introduced into H. C. G. amongst flax-seed from Bagdad, — 

 and there flowering in March. {Roxb.) 



* C moriogyna, Vahl. © Levant. — C. australis, R. Br. © New Holland. 

 — C.carinata, R. Br. © New Holland. Cochin China. — C. corymbosa, 



