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CONVOLVULACE^l. BINDWEED TRIBE. 



close before night. By some "botanists these two plants 

 are placed in the genus Convolvulus. Fl. June 

 August. Perennial. 



ctfscuTA EPiTHYMUM (Lesser Dodder). 



3. CUSCUTA (Dodder). 



1. C. Epithymum (Lesser Dodder). Stems parasitical, 

 thread-like, branched ; flowers in dense, sessile heads ; 



