CONVOLVULACEiE BORAGINEjE. 
203 
solitary, axillary, very handsome, pink with yellow bands. Bracts 
rather shorter than the calyx. — Sandy sea-shores. P. VI. — VIII. 
Sea-side Bindweed. 
2. Cuscuta Linn. 
1. C. europcea (L.) ; clusters of fl. bracteated sessile, tube of 
the cor. at first cylindrical afterwards ventricose, scales addressed 
to the inside of the tube erect bifid, cat. much shorter than the co- 
rolla. — E. B. 378. — St. threadshaped, branching, reddish. Fl. 
in rather large clusters, yellowish. — Parasitical upon herbaceous 
plants. A. VIII. IX. ' Greater Dodder. E. 
+2. C. Epilinum (Wcihe) ; clusters of fl. bracteated sessile, 
tube of the cor. ventricose, scales palmately cut adpressed, cal. 
with fleshy segments deltoid Lelow nearly as long as the tube of the 
corolla. — E. B. S. 2850. — St. slender, nearly simple, pale green. 
Fl. in rather small distant clusters, whitislr. — Parasitical upon 
flax and very injurious to the crop. A. VIII. Flax Dodder. 
3. C.Epithyrnum (Murr.) ; clusters of fl. bracteated sessile, tube 
of the cor. cylindrical, scales palmately cut converging , cal. much 
shorter than the tube of the corolla. — E. B. 55. — St. slender, red. 
Fl. small, with a reddish cal. and white cor. with a spreading 
limb. Sep. rhomboidal-ovate, apiculate, unequal. — (2. trifolii ; 
sep. ovate-lanceolate acute whitish nearly or quite as long as the 
tube of the corolla. I have only seen dried specimens of this 
variety which will probably prove to be a distinct species. — Pa- 
rasitical upon small shrubby plants. /3. upon clover and often 
very destructive to the crop. A. VII. — IX. Lesser Dodder. E. S. 
Order LV. BORAGINEiE. 
Cal. inferior, 4 — 5-parted, persistent. Cor. hypogynous, re- 
gular. Stam. 5, inserted on the corolla. Ovary 4-parted, 4- 
seeded, ovules pendulous. Style simple. Fr. separating in 4 
nutlike or 2 bilocular portions. Seeds without albumen. 
Tribe I. CYNOGLOSSEjE. Nuts 4, affixed to the persistent 
base of the style. 
1. Asperugo. Cal. 5-cleft with alternate smaller teeth, en- 
larged and compressed in fruit. Cor. funnelshaped with 
rounded scales in the throat. Stam. included, filaments 
short. Nuts verrucose, compressed, attached by their nar- 
row side, covered by the compressed calyx. 
[2. Echinospermum. Cal. in 5 deep segments. Cor. salver- 
shaped with rounded scales in the throat. Stam. included, 
subsessile. Nuts triquetrous with muricaled margins, attached 
by their inner edge.] 
