PL ex. cor. 30. CONVOLVULACEiE. 103. Convol. 345 
Root creeping ; stem angular ; leaves rather bald ; pe- 
duncles bracteated in the middle ; flowers flesh-colour, 
sweet-scented. 
2. Convolvulus auriculatus. Eared convolvulus . 
Leaves linear, hastate, pointed ; barbs not nicked ; pe- 
duncles 4-sided, 1 -flowered ; bracteae lanceolate. 
Convolvulus arvensis minimus, Rail Syn. 276. 
Convolvulus arvensis /3, Lin . S. P. 232. 
Convolvulus auriculatus, Lamarck Encyc. Meth. 540. 
Hedges ; perennial ; June. 
Leaves and flowers much smaller than those of C. ar- 
vensis. 
B. Cuscutje. Ovary 1 ; capsule opening tranversely, two- 
celled; corculum spiral ; cotyledons 0; plant leafless, pa- 
rasitic. 
III. 104. CUSCUTA. Matthiolus. Dodder . 
Calyx 4 or 5-cut; corolla funnelshape ; tube short; limb 
4 or 5-cut; stamens 5 ; filaments inserted in the mouth, 
with a scale near the bottom ; stigmata 2, pointed ; capsule 
2-celled, 2-seeded, cut round. — Herb leafless, twining, pa- 
rasitic ; flowers sessile, aggregate, capitate ; bractea 1 . 
Cuscuta minor. Small dodder. 
Flowers sessile ; nectariferous scale crenate ; stigmata 
pointed. 
Cuscuta major, Rati Syn. 281. 
Cuscuta sive cassuthe, Ger. em. 577. 
Cuscuta, Park. 10. 
Cuscuta europsea jS, Lin. S. P . 180. 
Cuscuta europaea, Huds. FI. Angl. 104. 
Cuscuta epithymum, Lin . Sys. Veg. a Murray , 167. 
Cuscuta campanulata, Stokes Hot. Mat. Med. 239. 
Parasitic on heath ; perennial ; August. 
Stem twisted : flowers crowded ; calyx reddish ; corolla 
white.— Herb purgative; but believed to partake, in some 
measure, of the virtues of the plants on which it grows. 
IV. 105. CASSYTHA. Gesner. Hellweed. 
Calyx 5-cut ; corolla bellshape, 5-cut ; stamens 5 ; fila- 
ments inserted in the throat of the corolla, naked ; stig- 
mata 2, pointed; capsule cut round, 2-celled, 2-seeded. — - 
Stem annual, leafless, twining, parasitic ; flowers peduncled, 
aggregate, capitate; bractea 1. 
