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7. SHUTEREIA, Chois. 



Sepals 5, unequal. Corolla bell-shaped. Style 1 ; stii^a 

 2-lobed, lobes ovate, flattened. Capsules 1-celled, 4-seeded. — 

 DC. Prod. ix. p. 435. 



S. hicolor, Ch., is a villous twiner, with ovate-cordate, entire or sinuate- 

 angled leaves, and bracteate, mostly l-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. 



Tribe 2. Dichojs-dre^. (G-en. 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-flowei'ed peduncles. — D. repens is found at the Cape. 



10. FALKIA, Linn. 



Calyx 5-toothed or 5-parted. Corolla tubular-bell-shaped, 

 crenate. Ovary 4-parted ; styles 2 ; stigmas globose. — DO. 

 Prod. \\. p. 451. 



A small, prostrate herb, with cordate-spathulate, glabrous, long-petioled 

 leaves, and short, 1-flowex'ed peduncles. — Common through the colony. 



Tribe 3. Cuscute^. 



11. CUSCUTA, Tourn. 



Calyx 5-, rarely 4-fid. Corolla globose-ureeolate or tubu- 

 lar ; limb 5-, rarely 4-fi^d. 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 corolU- 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 tlie albumen ; cotyledons 

 obsolete.— DC. Prod. \^.p. 452 ; Thes. Cap. t. 39, and t. 119. 



Parasitical, thread-like, leafless herbs, germinating in the soil, but soon 

 attaching tliemselves by disk-like suckers to the stems of neighbouring 

 plants ; when this occurs, the primary root withers away, and tlie parasite 

 thenceforth draws its nourishment from the plant to which it has fixed 

 itself. Flowers white, small but pi'etty, and often very sweetly scented. — 

 There are several Cape species. 



