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Fig. 167 (147). 



Gronovlus' Dodder. Cuscula Gronovii Willi. 

 A yellow-orange, leafless, parasitic \1ne, branch- 

 ing and spreading freely and becoming attached 

 to a great variety of plants, wild balsam, young 

 twigs of willow, nettles, etc.; flowers white. 

 Native to low or moist land. 



Fig. 168 (148). 



Spanish Dodder. Cuscuia planiflorc Tenore. 

 A slender, leafless, parasitic \ine, branching and 

 spreading o\er plants of red clover. 



Dodder. Cuscuia. Other species may be 

 Introduced, but tlieir growth and behavior will 

 be much the same as that of the above species 



