59 CUSCUTACEAE. Vor. IIL 
5. Cuscuta indec6éra Choisy. Pretty 
Dodder. Fig. 3446. 
Cuscuta indecora Choisy, Mem. Soc. Gen. 9: 278. 
pl. 3. f. 5. 1841. 
C. pulcherrima Scheele, Linnaea 21: 750. 1848. 
Cuscuta decora Choisy ; Engelm, Trans. St. Louis 
Acad, 1: 501. 1859. 
Stems rather stout; flowers 13” long, pedi- 
celled in loose cymes, more or less papillose. 
Calyx 5-lobed, the lobes ovate to lanceolate, 
acute, mostly shorter than the corolla-tube; 
corolla campanulate, 5-lobed, the lobes trian- 
gular, minutely crenulate, spreading, nearly as 
long as the tube, their tips inflexed; scales 
ovate, erect, irregularly fringed with short 
processes all around; stamens slightly exserted 
or included; stigmas capitate; capsule oblong, 
acute, enveloped by the withering corolla. 
; On various herbs and low shrubs, Illinois to 
Nebraska, south to Florida, Texas and Mexico, 
in several races. Also in the West Indies and 
South America. Corolla white; stigmas often 
yellow or purple. June—Aug. 
6. Cuscuta Céryli Engelm. Hazel Dod- 
der. Fig. 3447. 
Cuscuta Coryli Engelm. Am. Journ. Sci. 43: 337- 
f. 7-11. 1842. 
Cuscuta inflexa Engelm, Trans, St. Louis Acad. 1: 
502, 1859. 
Stems coarse; flowers about 1” long, pedi- 
celled in loose or rather dense cymes. Calyx 
4-5-lobed, the lobes triangular or triangular- 
lanceolate, acutish, about as long as the corolla- 
tube; corolla campanulate, 4-5-lobed, the lobes 
minutely crenulate, nearly erect, triangular, 
acute, about as long as the tube, their tips 
inflexed; scales small, oval, obtuse, often with 
only a few processes on each side; stamens 
scarcely exserted; styles shorter than the 
ovary; stigmas capitate; capsule oblong, point- 
ed, enveloped or at length capped by the with- 
ering corolla. 
On the hazels and other shrubs or tall herbs, 
Connecticut to Virginia, South Dakota and Arkan- 
sas. July—Aug. 
7. Cuscuta Cephalanthi Engelm. Button- 
bush Dodder. Fig. 3448. 
Cuscuta Cephalanthi Engelm. Am. Journ. Sci. 43: 336. 
pl. 6. f. I-6. 1842, 
Cuscuta tenuiflora Engelm.; A. Gray, Man. 350. 1848. 
Plant yellow, stems rather coarse; flowers about 
1’ long, short-pedicelled, clustered; calyx 5-lobed, 
the lobes ovate, obtuse, shorter than the corolla-tube ; 
corolla cylindric-campanulate, its lobes ovate, obtuse 
and rounded, spreading, one-half the length of the 
tube or less; scales about as long as the lobes, 
fringed mainly toward the apex with irregular pro- 
cesses; stamens included; styles slender, about as 
long as the ovary, shorter than the ripe capsule; 
stigmas capitate; capsule depressed-globose, 13” in 
diameter, surrounded or capped by the withering, at 
length deciduous corolla. 
On shrubs and tall herbs, Pennsylvania to Minnesota, 
Texas and Arizona. July—-Aug. 
