. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. CUSCUTACEAE. Vol. III. 5. Cuscuta indecora Choisy. Pretty Dodder. Fig. 3446. Cuscuta indecora Choisy, Mem. Soc. Gen. 9: 278. pi. 3- f. 5- 1841. C. pulcherrima Scheele, Linnaea 21: 750. 1848. Cuscuta decora Choisy; Engelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad. 1: 501. 1859. Stems rather stout; flowers li" long, pedi- celled in loose cymes, more or less papillose. Calyx 5-
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. CUSCUTACEAE. Vol. III. 5. Cuscuta indecora Choisy. Pretty Dodder. Fig. 3446. Cuscuta indecora Choisy, Mem. Soc. Gen. 9: 278. pi. 3- f. 5- 1841. C. pulcherrima Scheele, Linnaea 21: 750. 1848. Cuscuta decora Choisy; Engelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad. 1: 501. 1859. Stems rather stout; flowers li" long, pedi- celled in loose cymes, more or less papillose. Calyx 5-lobed", the lobes ovate to lanceolate, acute, mostly shorter than the corolla-tube; corolla campanulate, 5-lobed, the lobes trian- gular, minutely crenulate, spreading, nearly as long as the tube, their tips inflexed; scales ovate, erect, irregularly fringed with short processes all around; stamens slightly exserted or included; stigmas capitate; capsule oblong, acute, enveloped by the withering corolla. On various herbs and low shrubs, Illinois to Nebraska, south to Florida, Texas and Mexico, in several races. Also in the West Indies and South America. Corolla white; stigmas often yellow or purple. June-Aug. 6. Cuscuta Coryli Engelm. Hazel Dod- der. Fig. 3447. Cuscuta Coryli Engelm. Am. Journ. Sci. 43: 337. f. 7-11. 1842. Cuscuta inflexa Engelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad. 1: 502. 1859. Stems coarse; flowers about 1" long, pedi- celled in loose or rather dense cymes. Calyx 4-5-lobed, the lobes triangular or triangular- lanceolate, acutish, about as long as the corolla- tube; corolla campanulate, 4-5-Iobed, the lobes minutely crenulate. nearly erect, triangular, acute, about as long as the tube, their tips inflexed; scales small, oval, obtuse, often with only a few processes on each side; stamens scarcely exserted; styles shorter than the ovary; stigmas capitate; capsule oblong, point- ed, enveloped or at length capped by the with- ering corolla. On the hazels and other sh
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