166 PASTTASBBU DIGYXIA 



als*> the calyx-s:gnvn!s, minutely sorrulate-ciliate. Dr. B. sent it under the name 

 of O. Saponaria. I also have ii from Prof. Short, of Kentucky, with lanceolate 

 coriaceous leaves, the margins entire and somewhat ro volute. Those varieties 

 howerer, are all clearly referal le to G. ochroleuca. 



3. G. crixita, FroeUch. Stem terete, branched ; branches along* 

 ted, Uflowered ; leaves lanceolate, acute ; calyx quadrangular, 4-cleft; 

 corolla 4-cleft, lobes cuneate-obovate, incised-ciliate ; stamens 4. Beck, 

 Bot. p. 240. Ieox, Bart. .1in. 3. tab. 80. 

 Haired, on Fringed Gkntiaxa. Vulgo — Fringed Gentian. 



Root biennial 1 Stem I to2feet hi h, erect, terete, smooth, branched; branch*! 

 apposite, axillary, erect, I angled, ami slightly winged. Leaves l to 2 or 2 and a 

 half inches long, and half an inch to an inch wide, very smooth, cl >sely s-.ssile,, 

 and rounded, orsubc >rdate,at base, the lower ones sometimes oblanceolate. Flute- 

 ers large, on lone naked peduncles, or rather terminating the branches. Calyx 

 subcampanulate, about half as long as the corolla, acutely 4-angled, the angle* 

 v.mged; 2 of the segments broader, ovate ; the other two a little l »nger, lanceolate. 

 Corolla bright blue, about 2 inches long, subcampanulate ; lobes a little spreading, 

 beautifully fringed around tho summit and upper part of the sides ; the tube with A 

 \ rown glandular spots at base. Stamens half the length of the corolla ; filament* 

 broad, lanceolate ; anthers incumbent. Or oryj acuminated by the short united 

 styles; stigmas compressed, roundish- irate, mostly erect. Capsule lance-oblong. 

 tapering to a pedicel at base. Seeds ob\ oil', brownish, hispid, or echinatc. 



Hub. Hilly open woodlands: old fields: frequent* Fl. Sept.— Octo. jFV. Nov. 



Oba. This is one of our m St beautiful autumnal flowering plants. It is ofieB »$ 

 late that many of the flowers are overtaken and destroyed by the frost. An. 

 thors generally describe it as a biennial. Falun says perennial. 1 have not h«J 

 an opportunity to verify the fact ; but I have a suspicion that it is an annual. Sev- 

 en ot ei^ht additi >nal species are enumerated in the U. States. 



127. CUSCTJTA. L. A'utt. Gen. Append. 



[A name of obscure derivation, and uncertain meaning.] 



Calyx 4 or 5-eleft. Corolla subglobosc-campanulatc, 4 or 5-cleft, 

 mostly with as many scales at base opposite the clefts, marccscent. Sta- 

 mens 4 or 5, inserted on the corolla at the clefts. Capsule cireuiuseis.- 

 sed, or opening all round, at base, 2-ceIled ; cells 2-seeded. 



Herbaceous : parasitic; stem filif >rm, leafless, twining against the sun: flower/) 

 c'lustored. KaU Ord. 199. Lindl. CoNVOLTOLACBJB. 



I. C. amkricana, Jj. Flowers pedunculate, in subumbellatc clusters, 

 3-cleft ; styles erect; stigmas capitate. Becky Hot. /;. 249. 



American Cuscuta. Vulgo — Dodder. Love-vine. 



Annual. S.'em 2 to 5 or 6 feet long, slender, fleshy, smooth, orange-colored. 

 branching, leafless, or with mere minute scales, twining round other plants, and 

 attaching itself by radicating processes, or tubercles,— when it dies at the root, ana 

 1 ses its direct connecti >n with the earth. Ftotcers on short peduncles, in numert 

 •us dense subumbellate racemes. Calyx-segments ovate, obtuse. Corolla yellow- 

 ish white, subcampanulate; lobes lance-ovate, rather acute and spreading. R-ales 

 a.inaioti the baso of the corolla below the stamens, oblong, biciaiate,or fringed oa 

 the margin. Slamens alternate with, and ah rtcr than the lobes of the ccrolle,. 

 8'jles orjet, a little distant, as bog «s the corolla ; stigmas ca] irate. Ccpxul/ 



