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7. SHUTERETIA, Chois. 
Sepals 5, unequal. Corolla bell-shaped. Style 1; stigma 
2-lobed, lobes ovate, flattened. Capsules 1-celled, 4-seeded.— 
DC. Prod. ix. p. 435. 
S. bicolor, Ch., is a villous twiner, with ovate-cordate, entire or sinuate- 
angled leaves, and bracteate, mostly 1-flowered peduncles. Outer sepals 
larger, enclosing the others. Corolla villous externally.—Seashores near 
Natal. 
8. EVOLVULUS, Linn. 
Sepals 5. Corolla bell- or funnel-shaped or rotate. Ovary 
2-celled, 4-ovuled; styles 2, 2-fid; stigmas thickened. Cap- 
sules 2-celled— DC. Prod. ix. p. 441. 
Much-branched, small, diffuse, but not twining plants, mostly tropical. 
Leaves sessile, entire. Flowers capitate or scattered. 
Trise 2. Dicnonprem. (Gen. 9-10.) 
9. DICHONDRA, Forst. 
Calyx 5-parted. Corolla bell-shaped, 5-fid. Ovary 2-parted ; 
styles 2; stigmas thickened.—DC. Prod. ix. p. 451. 
Small, prostrate herbs, with reniform-cordate, pubescent or silky leaves, 
and short, 1-flowered peduncles.—D. repens is found at the Cape. 
10. FALKTIA, Linn. 
Calyx 5-toothed or 5-parted. Corolla tubular-bell-shaped, 
crenate. Ovary 4-parted; styles 2; stigmas globose—DC. 
Prod. ix. p. 451. 
A small, prostrate herb, with cordate-spathulate, glabrous, long-petioled 
leaves, and short, 1-flowered peduncles. —Common through the colony. 
TriseE 3. CuscuTEem. 
11. CUSCUTA, Tourn. 
Calyx 5-, rarely 4-fid. Corolla globose-urceolate or tubu- 
lar ; limb 5-, rarely 4-fid. Stamens 5-4, attached to the tube 
of the corolla, alternate with its lobes, usually subtended by 
as many scales attached to the base of the corolla. Ovary 2- 
celled, 4-ovuled ; styles 2, rarely connate; stigmas various. 
Fruit capsular or indehiscent. Embryo spiral or curved, filiform, 
more or less spirally twisted within the albumen ; cotyledons 
obsolete.—DC. Prod. ix. p. 452; hes. Cap. t. 89, and t. 119. 
Parasitical, thread-like, leafless herbs, germinating in the soil, but soon 
attaching themselves by disk-like suckers to the stems of neighbouring 
plants; when this occurs, the primary root withers away, and the parasite 
thenceforth draws its nourishment from the plant to which it has fixed 
itself. Flowers white, small but pretty, and often very sweetly scented.— 
There are several Cape species. 
