346 105. Cassyth. 30. CONVOLVULACEiE. Pl. ex. cor. 
Cassytha major . Great hellweed. 
Flowers nearly sessile ; stigmata pointed. 
Cuscuta major, C. Baah. Pin. 219, 3. 
Cuscuta europaea, Lin. S. P. 180. 
Great dodder. Strangletare. Devil's guts. 
Parasitic on thistles and nettles ; annual ; August. 
Stem bald; jlowers transparent, reddish. 
Fam. XIV. 31. BORAGINEiE, Jussieu. Buglossince , 
Link. 
Calyx 5-cut; corolla hypogynous, 1-petaled, mostly re- 
gular, 5-cut, rarely 4-cut ; mouth naked or with 5 scales ; 
aestivation inbricate; stamens on the corolla, equal, alter- 
nating with the lobes, rarely 0; ovary 1, free, 4-parted, 
4- seeded, or simple^ or 4-celled; ovules definite, pendu- 
lous; style 1, on the gynobasis ; stigma 2-cut; cariopsides? 4, 
distinct or connate at the base; perisperm 0; corculum 
straight; radicle above; cotyledons leafiike. Herbaceous 
or shrubby; leaves alternate, mostly rough; hairs conical, 
usually not partitioned, stiff, often rough, filled with a 
grumous mass, dilated at bottom, placed on a cellular tu- 
bercle, often girt with cells at bottom, and very rarely with 
other partitioned hairs placed among the others; stipules 0; 
jlowers mostly in a 1 -sided spike, rarely panicled or corym- 
bose, something axillary, solitary. 
A. Cariopsides 4, topshape , distinct , l- celled, imperforate at 
the bottom ; gynobasis flat ; mouth of the corolla pervious . 
Corolla funnelshape; mouth naked; tube 2 
or 3 times as long as the calyx Mertensia. 114. 
Cor. funnelshape ; mouth naked ; tube twice 
as long as the calyx ^Egonychon. 115. 
Cor . funnelshape, mouth with 5 gibbous 
warts ; as long as the calyx . Lithospermum. 116. 
Cor .'funnelshape; mouth hairy; calyx tubed, 
• or 5-angular Pulmonaria. 113. 
Cor. tubular; limb swelled, unequal; calyx 
5- parted Echium. 1 IS. 
B. Cariopsides 4, topshape , distinct, l-cslled, imperforate at 
the bottom ; gynobasis flat ; mouth of the corolla closed. 
Cor. funnelshape; mouth closed with scales; 
cariopsides smooth Myosotis. 106. 
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