. 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. Cuscuta rostrata Shuttlw. Dodder. Fig. 3450. Beaked Cuscuta rostrata Shuttlw.; Engelm. Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. 5 : 225. 1845. Stems coarse, yellowish white; flowers larger than in any of our other species, loosely cy- mose, pedicelled. Calyx gamosepalous, 5-lobed, the lobes ovate-triangular, shorter than the corolla-tube; corolla campanulate, 2"s" lon
. 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. Cuscuta rostrata Shuttlw. Dodder. Fig. 3450. Beaked Cuscuta rostrata Shuttlw.; Engelm. Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. 5 : 225. 1845. Stems coarse, yellowish white; flowers larger than in any of our other species, loosely cy- mose, pedicelled. Calyx gamosepalous, 5-lobed, the lobes ovate-triangular, shorter than the corolla-tube; corolla campanulate, 2"s" long, ' white, its lobes broadly ovate, obtuse, about as long as the calyx-lobes; scales narrow, some- times spatulate, shorter than the tube, heavily fringed at the summit and sparingly along the sides with long slender processes; stamens in- cluded; styles slender, about as long as the flask-shaped ovary; stigmas capitate; capsule oval, long-beaked. On herbs and shrubs, Maryland to South Caro- lina and Georgia. July-Sept. 10. Cuscuta cuspidata Engelm. Cuspidate Dodder. Fig. 3451. Cuscuta cuspidata Engelm. Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. 5 : 224. 1845. Plant yellowish; stems slender; flowers about j ii" long in loose panicled cymes. Calyx of 5 distinct entire sepals, shorter than the corolla- tube, with 2-4 similar bracts at its base and often others on the pedicels; sepals orbicular to lanceo- late, cuspidate, mucronate or acuminate; corolla nearly salverform, its lobes triangular-lanceolate or oblong, acute or cuspidate, spreading, about one-half the length of the tube; scales narrow, usually less than one-half as long as the tube, fringed all around wifh short irregular processes; stamens not exserted; styles very selnder, longer than the ovary; stigmas capitate; capsule bearing the withered corolla on its summit. On coarse herbs, Nebraska to Missouri and Texas. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced
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