204 xc. convolvulace^e (baker and rendle). [Cuscuta* 



3. C. arabica, Fres. in Mus. Senckenb. i. 165. Stem filiform. 

 Flower-clusters small, about 2 lin. in diam. ; flowers subsessile. Calyx 

 shallowly campanulate, 5-lobed to about the middle, about § lin. long. 

 Corolla shortly campanulate, slightly exceeding the calyx ; lobes short, 

 bluntly ovate. Stamens a little shorter than the corolla-lobes. Scales 

 bluntly ovate-oblong, fimbriate. Styles obsolete ; stigmas short, linear, 

 Capsule ultimately separating at the base. Seeds pale brown, granulate. 

 — -Choisy in DC. Prodr. ix. 453 ; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 78 \ 

 Engelm. in Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, i. 472 ; Capua in Ann. Istit. 

 Bot. Roma, viii. 233. 



KTile Xiand. Eritrea : Assaorta, Pappi, 3451 ; Mensa, Terracciano Sf Pappi,. 

 960, 1345 ; Amasen, Terracciano fy Pappi , 2411; Bogos, Terracciano Sf Pappi, 

 24S5. Abyssinia : Wojerat, Petit. 



4. C. chimensis. Lam. Encycl.n. 229. Stems slender, deep crimson. 

 Flower clusters dense, 4-5 lin. broad in the African specimen. Flowers 

 shortly stalked ; bracts fleshy, bluntly ovate, about 1 in. long. Calyx 

 a little over 1 lin. long, 5-lobed to below the middle ; lobes elliptic-ovate,, 

 obtuse. Corolla 1^ lin. long, subglobose ; lobes reflexed slightly 

 shorter than the tube, ovate-triangular, blunt. Scales broad, fim- 

 briate. Stamens with flat filaments a little shorter than the corolla- 

 lobes. Capsules unripe in African specimens ; apparently not circum- 

 scissile. — Choisy in DC. Prodr. ix. 457 ; Wight, Ic. t. 1373; Engelm. 

 in Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, i. 479; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Inch 

 iv. 226. 



Upper Griiimea. Gold Coast : Aburi, Johnson, 157 ! 



Also in Socotra and Madagascar, Tropical Asia, China and Australia. 



5. C. obtusiflora, var. cordofana, Engelm. in Trans. Acad. Sci.. 

 St. Louis, i. 493. Stems stout for the genus, bright yellow. Flowers 

 few in a cluster, more or less glandular, sessile or shortly stalked, sub- 

 tended by a persistent bluntly ovate somewhat fleshy bract about 1 lin. 

 long. Calyx fleshy, broadly cup-shaped, li lin. long, lobed to about 

 or a little below the middle ; lobes semiorbicular, blunt. Corolla 

 shortly campanulate, about 2^ lin. long ; lobes bluntly ovate, obtuse,, 

 shorter than the tube. Stamens included ; filaments flat ; scales small, 

 generally shortly bifid, fimbriate, Styles 2, cylindrical, less than i lin. 

 long ; stigmas capitate. Capsule depressed-globose, \ in. in diam.,. 

 umbilicate, 4-seeded. — Dammer in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 334. 



Wile land. Kordofan, Figari. Uganda : Man, S000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6904 ! ; 

 Nandi forest, Johnston / second day's march from Eldama Ravine, 7000-8000 ft., 

 Whyte ! British East Africa : Kikuyu, 5000-6000 ft., Scott-JElliot, 6591! 



Mozamb. Bist. German East Africa : Usambara ; Kwa Mshuza, Moist, 8909 I 

 Moshi, 4000-5500 ft., Taylor! Marangu on Kilimanjaro, and Bukoba in Karagwe,. 

 ex Dammer. Portuguese East Africa: Quilimane, ex Dammer . British Central 

 Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount Chiradzulu, Whyte ! 



Var. eritrceana, Rendle. Stems filiform. Flowers few in a cluster, sub- 

 sessile, eglandular; bracts concave, bluntly ovate, strongly keeled, about 1 lin. 

 long. Calyx 1^ lin. long, shortly campanulate; lobes 5, shorter than the tube, very 



