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Scales narrow, oblong or triangular 
Scales ovate or oval, not particularly narrow, capsule comparatively large, 
styles short 
Holwayana. 
hotryoides. 
Cuscuta odorata typica 
(PL IV, fig. 21, A-E) 
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Corolla lobes about as long as the tube, styles about as long as, or ex- 
ceeding, the length of the ovary, scales mostly oval. 
Type locality: Peru. Distribution: Ecuador, Peru, northern Chile, and 
Bolivia. 
Specimens examined: Bolivia: Sorata (Bang ijoj, the type of C. fragrans; Mandon 
1480, mixed with C. glohiflora in some collections). 
Brazil: Minas Geraes (St. Hilaire D. 482. This specimen has more ovate calyx lobes 
and shorter corolla lobes). 
Chile: Coquimbo (Gay j^). 
Ecuador: Loja (Seeman 8^2; Rose, Pachano, and Rose 2J272); Huigra (Rose and 
Rose 222^6; E. W. D. and Mary iM, Holway Aug. 3, 1920). 
Peru: (Martinet 7027; another collection without number or date; Gay 2168; Herb. 
Ruiz., taken to represent the type, a fragment in the Engelmann herbarium; Herb. Pa von.; 
Matthew 486; Savatier 460, 1362; Capt. Wilkes); Lima (Nation in 1862); Carabaya 
(Weddell 46Q3). 
Corolla lobes half to two thirds as long as the tube, scales narrow, 
oblong or triangular, more sparingly fringed than in the typical variety, 
capsule not so depressed. 
Type locality: Sorata, Bolivia. Distrihution: Known only from the 
type locality. 
Specimens examined: Argentina: Prov. Jujuy (Claren Ii6g2). 
Bolivia: Sorata (E. W. D. and Mary M. Holway April 12, 1920, the type, a fragment 
in the author's herbarium). 
Cuscuta odorata hotryoides Engelmann, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis i: 477. 1859. 
Corolla lobes about half as long as the tube, calyx lobes uneven, capsule 
large, depressed-globose, styles short, intrastylar aperture large and gaping. 
Type locality: Southern Brazil. Distrihution: Known only from the 
type locality. 
Specimens examined: Southern Brazil (Lobb 49, the type, in the herbarium of the 
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, a fragment in the Engelmann herbarium). 
Cuscuta glohiflora Engelmann, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis i: 520. 1859. 
It has seemed advisable, for a clear understanding of those species exhibiting vari- 
etal segregations, to designate the typical form or variety as variety typica. Where this 
term is used, it is meant to refer only to the normal or typical form for the species. 
Cuscuta odorata Holwayana n. var. 
(PI. IV, fig. 21, F) 
Cuscuta odorata hotryoides Engelmann 
(PL IV, fig. 21, G) 
8. Cuscuta glohiflora Engelmann 
(PL II, fig. 9, A-E) 
