. 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. ii. Cuscuta compacta Juss. Compact Dodder. Love-vine. Fig. 34S2- Cuscuta compacta Juss.; Choisy, Mem. Soc. Gen. 9: 281. *. 4. f. 2. 1841. Plant yellowish white, stems rather stout; flow- ers about 2" long, closely sessile in dense clusters. Calyx of S (rarely 4) distinct oval crenulate ob- tuse sepals, subtended by 3-5 similar rhombi
. 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. ii. Cuscuta compacta Juss. Compact Dodder. Love-vine. Fig. 34S2- Cuscuta compacta Juss.; Choisy, Mem. Soc. Gen. 9: 281. *. 4. f. 2. 1841. Plant yellowish white, stems rather stout; flow- ers about 2" long, closely sessile in dense clusters. Calyx of S (rarely 4) distinct oval crenulate ob- tuse sepals, subtended by 3-5 similar rhombic- orbicular appressed serrulate bracts; corolla sal- verform, persistent, the tube cylindric, its 5 (rarely 4) lobes oblong or ovate, obtuse, spread- ing, much shorter than the tube, the scales nar- row, one-half the length of the tube, fringed with numerous long processes; stamens included; styles slender; capsule oblong, enveloped or capped by the withering corolla. On shrubs, Ontario to Massachusetts, New York and Alabama, west to Kansas and Texas. July-Sept. 12. Cuscuta paradoxa Raf. Glomerate or American Dodder. Fig. 3453. Cuscuta paradoxa Raf. Ann. Nat. 13. 1820. Cuscuta glomerata Choisy, Mem. Soc. Gen. g: 184. pi. 4. f. 1. 184!. Plant yellowish white, stems slender;_ flowers sessile, il" long, exceedingly numerous in dense confluent clusters covering portions of the stem of the host-plant. Calyx of 5 distinct concave oblong obtuse serrulate sepals, subtended by 8-15 narrower serrulate much imbricated bracts with recurved tips; corolla tube oblong-cylin- dric, its lobes oblong-lanceolate or triangular- lanceolate, obtuse, spreading or recurved, per- sistent ; scales copiously fringed at the summit and sparingly along the sides with numerous long processes; styles 2-4 times as long as the ovary; capsule capped by the withering corolla. On tall herbs, mainly Compositae, Ohio to South Dakota, Nebraska and Texas. July-Sept. Family 22. POLEMONIACEAE DC. Fl. Franc. 3: 645
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