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4. PORAN A. Supposed to be derived from the Javanese name 
of P. volubilis. — India, Malaya, Australia, N. America. 
*Porana paniculata, Boxb. ; FI. Br . Ind. iv. 222. A twining, 
softly tomentose shrub ; lateral branches often very long, 
drooping. Leaves stalked, ovate, 3-5 x 2-3 in., cordate, entire, 
long-pointed; upper surface pubescent, lower tomentose. Mowers 
very numerous, small, white, in terminal, pendulous panicles. 
Calyx-segments oblong, unequal, 3 becoming membranous and 
greatly enlarged in fruit. Corolla funnel-shaped, J in. long ; tube 
s 'ort; limb spreading, obscurely 5-lobed, folding at the angles. 
Stamens equal, attached near the top of the tube ; filaments short. 
Ovary 2-celled ; style thick, very short, stigma globose, 2-lobed ; 
ovules 2 in each cell. Capsule hairy, \ in. diam. ; enlarged sepals 
| in. long seed one, glabrous. 
Throughout India, ascending to 3000 ft. — Burmah, Java. 
P. racemosa, Boxb. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 222, is of similar habit to the above 
but the flowers are in long racemes ; the deeply lobed corolla is nearly \ in. 
long ; the style is slender ; and all 5 sepals become membranous and enlarged 
in fruit. The species is common in the E. Himalaya from 2000 to 6000 ft. 
extending to Kumaon and perhaps further west. 
5. CUSCUTA. Etymology doubtful. — Widely dispersed in 
nearly all temperate and warm regions. 
Annual, parasitic, leafless herbs ; stems twining, thread-like, 
attached to the plants on which they grow by minute, adhesive disks. 
Flowers small, in clusters or racemes. Calyx coloured, shorter 
than the corolla. Corolla tubular ; lobes short, triangular. Sta- 
mens attached near the mouth of the tube which has 5 small, 
fringed scales at the base. Ovary 2-celled ; stigmas 2, sessile or 
terminal on short, diverging styles ; ovules 2 in each cell. 
Capsule globose, opening by a horizontal line near the base ; 
seeds 4. 
Corolla Mir i n - long '> lobes reflexed. Stigmas sessile . . 1 . C. reflexa. 
Corolla hardly M in- long 5 lobes erect. Styles nearly as long 
as the stigmas 2. C. europcea . 
1. Cuscuta reflexa, Boxb . ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 225. Stems succu- 
lent, yellow, densely interlaced over small trees or shrubs. 
Flowers fragrant, waxy white, shortly stalked, crowded in numer- 
ous, small clusters or racemes. Corolla-tube in. long ; lobes 
reflexed. Stigmas sessile, diverging, acute. (Fig. 107.) 
Mushobra, Fagoo, Matiana ; J uly-October.— Throughout India, ascending, 
to 6000 ft.— Malaya. 
*2. Cuscuta europsea, Linn . ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 227. Stems pale 
yellow or pink. Flowers waxy white, often tinged with pink, 
sessile in numerous, small, globose clusters. Corolla-tube hardly 
