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Stems coarse, up to 2 mm or more in diam., brownish-or yellowish-red. Flowers in short racemes on very short pedicels in the axils of broadly triangular obtuse bracts; the common peduncle simple or occasionally branched near the base. Calyx cupulate, persistent, lobes orbicular, broadly rounded, overlapping, with more or less unequal edges. Corolla yellowish-white, campanu-late, 3-3.5 mm long, remaining on the developing capsule; lobes as long as the tube, ovate, obtuse, crenulate, erect or reflexed. Stamens subsessile or filaments much shorter than the anthers, inserted at the sinus. Corolla-scales represented by narrow wings. Ovary ovate-conical. Style longer than the depressed-globose stigmas. Capsule ovate-oblong, mucronate by the style, circumscissile near the base, 5 mm high, without opening at the top; 1-2-seeded.
Parasitic, twining herb. Stems coarse, yellow-green with purple or brown spots. Inflorescences a single, short raceme or few-flowered clusters in spikes. Flowers subsessile, 2.5-4.5 mm long, yellow, drying dark brown. Calyx cupulate, as long as corolla tube; lobes ± ovate, overlapping, edges unequal. Corolla campanulate; lobes as long as tube, ± ovate, erect to reflexed. Stamens shorter than corolla lobes; filaments shorter than anthers. Scales triangular, adnate to tube, with small free lateral fringed portions. Ovary ± globose; styles in a single column, 1 mm long. Flowering time Feb.-Oct. Fruit an ovoid capsule, 5-8 mm long, circumscissile near base. Seeds subglobose, 3 mm long.
Leafless, parasitic, annual vine, stems ± 2 mm diam. Flowers subsessile in racemes or panicles, greenish, styles fused.
Twining parasite. Styles united almost to apex. Flowers yellowish.
