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CUSCUTA verrucosa.
Warted-calyxed Nepaul Cuscuta.
Naturai Order. Con v o lv u la c e jE . Brown prodr. áSl.
Sect. II I. Embryo acotyledoneus.
CUSCUTA. Calyx 5-raro 4-fidus. Corolla globoso-
urceolata, limbo 5-fido, marcescens. Ovarium 2-loculare,
loculis dispermis. Capsula bilocularis, circumscissa.
Herb® apliylla, voluhiles, parasitica. Flores aggregati,
subcapitati v. spicati, unibracteati. Squam® 5, epipetala,
infrafllamenta, iisdemque apposita, raro deficientes. Brown
prodr. 491.
C. verrucosa, digyna, stigmatibus lanceolatis obtusis basi
dilatatis carnosis, squamis epipetalis fimbriato-laceris,
antheris subsessilibus, calycis 5-fidi laciniis rotundatis
verrucosis.
Parasitical on various plants. Stems succulent,
twining, much branched. Branches smooth and
glossy, of a brownish green colour, or sometimes
purple, irregularly marked with purple linear spots,
extending to a great distance, and laying hold of
every branch within their reach. Racemes numerous,
often 3-flowered, but sometimes 9 or 10-flowered.
Flowers white with short succulent pedicles, very
fragrant. Bractea I, sessile, ovate, obtuse, concave,
sheathing the pedicle. Calyx 5-cleft, segments
roundish, succulent, persistent, thickly covered with
small purple warts. Corolla urceolate, border 5-cleft,
divisions blunt, reflexed ; scales 5, inserted into the
base of the corolla, much fringed or lacerated.
Anthers 5, nearly sessile, inserted into the tube just
below the divisions of the border, and extendmg a
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