476 HYDROLBACB*. 



or pale-blue corolla,.— SI. t. 99. /. 2. Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 260. /. 23. Kth. N. Gen. 

 t. 215.— E. veronicifoUus, J3A.— Leaves 2"'-4"'(-5"'), sepals 1'", coroUa 2"' long.— Hab. 

 Jamaica !, Fd., Bancr., common in pastures : Antigua !, WulUchl. ; [Cuba ! and Mexico I 

 to Brazil !]. 



6. DICHONDBA, Forst. 



Oalyx S-leaved. Corolla campanulate-rotate : limb 5-partite. Ovaries 2, 2-ovulate: 

 styles 2, distinct, simple, suprabasilar. Carpids 1-seeded, indehiscent, slightly connected 

 at the base by the then 2-partite style. — Procumbent, rooting herbs ; leaves lon^-petioled ; 



/eduucles A-flmoered, eiracteolaie. 

 59. D. repens, Forst. I Leaves cordate-orbicular, repand, pubescent or glabrescent 

 above ; sepals oblong or spathulate-oblong, bluntish, nearly as long as the corolla, exceeded 

 by the carpids. — Sm. Ic. Ined. t. 8. — Leaves 6"'-2"', calyx 1'" long ; corolla yeUovrish- 

 ^white. — Hab. Jamaica !, .<i?., Wils.,a vreii ; [United States ! to Patagonia ! ; East Indies!, 

 and whole southern temperate zone I]. > 



60. D. sericea, Sw. Leaves cordate-orbicular, repand, sihery-sericeous beneath; 

 sepals obovate, blunt, exceeding the corolla, equalling the carpids. — Sw. Ic. Ind. occ. t. 10. 

 f — Leaves 12"'-4"', calyx 1"' long ; corolla white, with purple lines.— ^Hab. Jamaica !, 

 March, in mountain-pastures ; [Mexico I to Peru]. 



7. CUSCTJTA, L. 



Calyx 5(-4)-fid or -partite. Corolla shortly campanulate or rotate, marcescent : limb 

 5 (-4) -partite, imbricative. Ovary 2-celled : cells 2-ovulate. Capsule circumscissile, rarely 

 baccate. Embryo undivided, spiral. — Twining, leafless parasites ; flowers clustered or 



Sect. GrBAMMiCA, Lour., Engelm. — Styles 2, distinct, often unequal: stigma capitate. 



^ 61. C, americana, X. Tlowers clustered: pedicels shorter than the flower; calyx 

 ventricose, little exceeded by the corolla: lobes short, rounded; corolla campanulate, 

 6-dentate: teethro\mS^s\i, blunt, erect : scales small, included ; capsule globose, irregularly 

 circumscissile. — SI. t. 128. /. 4. — Mowers greenish-yellow. — ^Hab. Jamaica I, WUs., on 

 shrubs; Antigua !, Wullschl., S. Vincent 1, Guild.; [Cuba I and Mexico ! to Brazil !], 



^X' 62. C. nmbellata, Kth. " Flowers fascicled : pedicels usually longer than the flower ; 

 calyx broadly campanulate, equalling or exceeding the corolla-tube ; lobes deltoid ; corolla 

 rotate, 5 -M: lobes narrowly lanceolate, acute : scales prominent ; capsule globose, circum- 

 scissile, or irregularly rupturing." — Hab. Jamaica (Engehn,.), on low herbs ; [New Mexico 

 to Brazil], 



i/ 63. C. obtusiflora, Kth. Mowers fascicled: pedicels about as long as the flower; 

 calyx as long as the corolla-tube : lobes bluntly deltoid ; corolla campanulate-rotate, often 

 glandular-dotted ; lobes ovate blunt, reflexed, nearly as long as the tube : scales prominent ; 

 " capsule depressed-globose, exserted, baccate." — Stem orange-coloured. — Hab. Bahamas !, 

 Swains.; Jamaica I, March; [Morida! to Peru]. 



/ 64. C. indecora, Chois. Flowers fascicled : pedicels about as long as the flower ; 

 calyx exceeded by the corolla-tube: lobes deltoid; corolla fleshy, campanulate: hies 

 deltoid, erect or spreading, infiexed at the acute pbint :- scales prominent ; " capsule conical, 

 enclosed by the corolla, baccate." — C. ieeora, Engelm. I (ueuropetala, .©s^ete.)- — ^I'lowers 

 white. — ^Hab. Jamaica I, Macf., Bancr. ; [Illinois ! to Buenos Ayres !]. 



CXVIII. HYDEOLEACE^. 



Stamens 5, inserted into the sympetalous, imbricative corolla. Ovary superior • placentas 

 many-ovulate, cohering or contiguous in the axis : styles 2(-3), distinct. Seeds albuminous: 

 embryo axile. — Leaves alternate, exstipulate. 



