54. BOEAGINACEiE. 239 



[C Epilinum (Weihe) ; clusters of fl. sessile, cor.-tutie ventri- 

 cose, scales adpressed fringed with teetli distant below ■with 

 rounded spaces, cal. withjleshy segments deltoid helownearly as hmg 

 as the cor. -tube. — E. B. 8. 2850. C. dermflm-a Soy.-Willm. — 

 St. slender, nearly simple, pale green. PI. in rather small dis- 

 tant clusters, whitish. Scales bifid, with 4 — 8 teeth on each 

 lobe. Ventricose cor.-tube with 5 longitudinal prominences ; 

 segm. ventricose. Styles at first erect, soon bowing outwards ; 

 stigmas converging. — Parasitical upon Flax and very injurious 

 to the crop. A. VIII. Flax Dodder.'] E. S. I. 



2. C. JSpithymum (Murr.) ; st. tioining irregularly, clusters of 

 fl. sessile, cor.-tube cylindrical, scales converging equalling the 

 tube of the em: fringed with teeth and rounded at the end close 

 together below with narrmv acute spaces, cal. beUshaped shorter 

 than the cor.-tube. — -E. B. 65. — St. slender, red. Fl. small, with 

 a reddish thin cal., and white cor. with spreading ovate-acute 

 segments. Sep. broad, ovate-apiculate, longer than their tube, 

 with patent tips. Anth. blunt or notched at the end. Scales 

 broad ; the connecting membrane adpressed throughout. — Para- 

 sitical upon small shrubby plants. A. VII. — IX. Lesser Dodder. 



F. S. 



t3. C. Trifdlii (Bab.) ; st. clasping like a ring, clusters of fl. 

 sessile, tube of the cor. cylindrical, scales converging equalling 

 half the tube of the cm. fringed with teeth and rounded at the 

 end distant below with rounded spaces, cal. narrowed below about 

 as long as the cor.-tube. — E. B. S. 2898. Not C. Epithymum 

 ff. Trifolii R. xviii. 1342. — St. slender, branching, reddish yel- 

 low. Fl. small white. Cal. fleshy, usually tipped with red ; sep. 

 lanceolate, about as long as their tube, adpressed. Anth. api- 

 culate. Scales narrow ; connecting membrane not adpressed, 

 forming cuplike spaces between itself and the corolla. — Parasi- 

 tical upon Clover chiefly. A. VII.— IX. Chver-Dodder. E. 



[ C. approx 'imata (Bab . ) ; like Sp . 2 but scales divided by acute 

 spaces and truncate, has been found on Bockhara Clover. A. 

 N. H. xvi. t. i. Also C. hassiaca (Pfeifi'.) ; ,fl. stalked, cor.-tube 

 beUshaped closed with converging scales, stig._ capitate, Helio- 

 trope-scented, on Lucerne in Essex. Both introduced. A. 



vin. IX.] 



Order LIV. BOEAGIKACE^. 



Fl. mostly in scorpioidal cymes, symmetrical. Cal. inferior, 

 5-parted, persistent. Cor. hypogynous, usually regular. Stam. 

 5, inserted on the corolla. Ovary of two 2-parted carp., with 

 each lobe 1-seeded ; ovules pendulous. Style simple, from near 

 the base between the lobes of the ovary. Fr. separating in 4 



