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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
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Cuscuta indecora longisepala Yuncker 
Distribution in South America: Through central part of the continent. 
Specimens examined: Bolivia: Gran Chaco (Fries 1629). 
Paraguay: (Balansa 2062; Morong 259). 
Peru: Piura (Spruce); Pacasmayo (Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Rose 18517). 
Cuscuta indecora integriuscula Engelmann 
Cuscuta indecora integriuscula Engelmann, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1: 502. 1859. 
Scales shallowly fringed, triangular, reaching the stamens, bridged at 
about the middle; styles very slender, shorter than the ovary; calyx lobes 
triangular, acute, and about equal to the corolla tube. 
Type locality: Mendoza, Argentina. Distribution: Known only from 
the type locality. 
Specimens examined: Argentina: Mendoza (Gillies, the type, a fragment in the 
Engelmann herbarium). 
Cuscuta indecora bifida Yuncker 
Distribution in South America: Brazil. 
Specimen examined: Brazil: Minas Geraes (Gardner 5056. This specimen has 
lanceolate calyx lobes characteristic of variety longisepala and the bifid scales of this). 
35. Cuscuta globosa Ridley 
(PI. V, fig. 26, A-E) 
Cuscuta globosa Ridley, Journ. Linn. Soc. 27: 48. 1890. 
Stems slender. Flowers 1.5-2 mm. long, on pedicels mostly exceeding 
the length of the flowers; calyx about as deep as the corolla, lobes triangular, 
acute, frequently unequal; corolla campanulate; lobes triangular, acute, 
upright, about equal to the tube; stamens about equaling the lobes, slen¬ 
derly subulate filaments much longer than the oval anthers; scales reaching 
the stamens, ovate, moderately fringed with short processes, bridged below 
the middle; styles longer than the globose ovary. Capsule depressed- 
globose, thin, not circumscissile; seeds commonly two in each capsule, 
about 1-1.25 mm. long, subglobose, flattened on one side, hilum small, 
withered corolla about the capsule towards its base, the capsule much 
exserted. 
This species seems to be closely related to both C. acuta and C. micrantha, 
but differs from both of these species in the possession of pedicels mostly 
longer than the flowers, in its smaller flowers, and longer stamens. Also, 
the withered corolla is retained towards the base of the capsule. 
Type locality: Island of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil. Distribution: 
Known only from the type locality. 
Specimens examined: Brazil: Fernando de Noronha, summit of Morro Branco, and 
near Tangle Bay (Ridley, Lea, and Ramage 72, taken to represent the type, in the Royal 
Botanical Museum, Kew). 
