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ROOTLESS EPIPHYTIC PARASITES.
Stems thread-like, leafless or almost so, forming tangled masses over the host and attached to the host by haustoria
Stems yellowish or reddish. Usually parasitic on herbs Convolvulaceae
Leafless parasitic twiners Cuscuta
Stigmas capitate
Staminal scales fimbriate but not 2-fid. Corolla lobes deltoid, acute. Styles as long as the ovary. Capsule 2–3 mm diam. Widespread on leguminous plants. Introd. from Europe. Fl. summer. Golden Dodder Cuscuta campestris