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and the season was Pa acon pet so that I ee expected to see 
them grow ; but a Ing on, soon convinced me that my 
apprehensions were soe eer for or the ey quickly covered the whole — 
face of the bank, to the almost total in coat ry ag other bas 
- being a generally received opinion, that if a pla ut dow on 
the ground, it would thereby be destroyed, oF las gh very ah 
outhe 
States. The beautiful Cypress iss — cultivated, ik somewhat 
spontaneous Southward, is Quam’oc GA’RIs, Chois. 
3. CUS’CUTA, Tournef. Donner. 
[A name of uncertain derivation and obscure meaning.] 
Calyx 4-5-cleft. Corolla globose-urceolate or tubular,—the limb 5 or — 
ratty tc left. Stamens furnished with a scaiestiee, Minne S eaara appen- 
dage at the base. Ovary free, 2-celled and 4-ovuled; styles 2, rarely 
circumscissed at base or bursting irregularly. seen ibe filiform, 
more or less convolute in am, around ase ge albumen. Parasi 
pi radicating 
—. ecee 2 box oa derive nourishment,—and, » dying at the 
root, soon lose all direct connection with ae _— Flow s clustered. be 
1. C. epmi’num, Weih. Stem filiform ; flowers in a ca sessile 
enema epee t clusters ; corolla, globular, 5- ly exceedit 
the calyx, wi on the capsule; scales ininute ; Mightad elongat 
esta cpening regularly around the base by a circumsissile dehiscence. 
. Dodder. 
ae Fil de terre. Germ. Die ea. Span. Cuscuta. 
Annual. Stem 2-3 or 4 a gs very ser ad smooth, pale orange-color. Flowers in oe 
heads or ch segments 4-5 ovate, father act og 
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