564 Mr. Babington on Cuscuta epilinum and halophyta. 



Bowman for the specimens examined, which were gathered near Trelydan 

 Hall, Montgomeryshire, on the 8th of August, 1839. 



The other species to which I would direct attention is a newly-discovered 

 plant, first described by Fries in his Novitim'um Fl. Suec. Mantissa prima 

 (p. 8.), under the name of C. halophyta. It was discovered "Ad litus marinum 

 Norvegise australis, supra plantas salinas succulentas v. c. Chenopodiaceas. 

 Dedit Blytt." For my specimen I am indebted to my friend Mr. R. B. Bow- 

 man of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to whom it was given by Dr. Blytt himself, 

 who gathered it " on the coast of the Fiord near Christiania." As Fries takes 

 no notice of the scales in this plant, it gave me great pleasure to discover their 

 existence in my specimen, in which the tube of the corolla is ventricose, and 

 the scales are closely adpressed to its surface ; they are very similar to those 

 of C. epilinum, but are more deeply bifid, and have, as I believe, bifid not trifid 

 segments ; this, however, is very diflScult to determine, on account of their 

 perfect transparency and tenacity. Fig. 2. is intended to convey a general 

 idea of the internal appearance of the corolla of this species, whose segments 

 are broad and obtuse, and which has its stamens placed quite at the upper 

 extremity of the tube, far above the scales, and apparently upon filaments 

 which are alternately long and short. 



I would add to the specific characters of C. europcea and C. epithymum, 

 which are given in my former paper, the words — calyce corolla mult6 brevi- 

 ori, — and give the following as the characters of the plants at present under 

 consideration. 



C. epilinum, Weihe (in Boenningh. Prod. Fl. Monast. 75-) florum glomerulis 

 bracteatis sessilibus, squamis palmato-subsexfidis tubo corollse semper 

 ventricoso adpressis, calycis laciniis carnosis basi deltoideis corolla vix 

 brevioribus. — Corollce lacinice acutce. 



C. halophyta. Fries (Nov. Fl. Suec. Mantis, p. 8#-), " florum glomerulis subbrac- 

 teatis" sessilibus, squamis bifidis : segmentis bifidis tubo corollae ventri- 

 coso adpressis, calyce corolla mult6 breviori. — Corollce lacinice ovatce, 



obtusce. Calycis lacinice obtusce. Styli duo. " Glomerulos Jlorum 



bracteatos vidi plurimos." Fries. 



St. John's College, Cambridge, 

 October 16, 1839. 



