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C. chrysoc des Or; 
Cassutha chrysocoma Des Moul. Etudes Org. Cusc. 1853, 71. 
Cuscuta Rogovitschiana Trauty. in Bull. Phys. Math. Acad. Petersb. 
1855, xiii. 376; Boiss. Fl. Or. 1879, iv. 121; Nym. Consp. Fl. 
C. obtusiflora var. iflora Engelm. in Trans. Acad. St. Louis, 
1859, i. 493; Collected Works, 
C. obtusiflora var. Cesatiana Engelm. in Trans. Acad. St. Louis, 
1859, i. 493; Collected Works, 92. 
Grammica chrysocoma Des Moul. in Billotia, 1864, i. 16. 
Cuscuta bidentis Berthiot in Billotia, 1864, i. 
Grammica obtusiflora Des Moul. in Billotia, 1864, 15. 
G. Ragovitschiana Janka, 1865, in schedulis in herbariis non- 
Cuscuta atheniensis Boiss. et Orph. MSS. 1878, in herbariis 
nonnullis. 
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but I have seen neither specimens nor records of it on either 
lucerne or clover, except the specimen sent by Mr. W 
In connection with this species, I may mention that about the 
year 1867 the late Dr. F. Welwitsch gave me some seed under the 
name of C. chrysocoma, and my father cultivated it on single 
plants of an Ocimum in pots. We called it “ golden-thread,’ and 
it sold very well in Brighton for two or three seasons. 
CG. Guscura Gronovir Willd. 
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is now fully established on the banks of the rivers Rhine, Elbe 
er, and Weichsel, parasitic on Aster salicifolius and S. Novi- 
Belgit ; both also colonists from North America. It has also been 
found on willows in Germany, and in its native country it preys 
on a variety of herbs and low shrubs. According to Engelmann 
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hoi L is, however 
C. glomerata Choisy (Lepidanche glomerata Engelm.) is, however, 
as Veipelinintin eee the most striking and distinct species 
the genus. Engelmann states that his C. vulgivaga is typ 
