Leaves opposite to alternate on short stems or directly from the runners or haustoria (appearing as tufts on host); petiole 1–3 mm. long; lamina narrowly elliptic to obovate, 1–4 cm. long, 0.4–2.3 cm. wide, obliquely cuneate at the base, 3–5-nerved from base.. Umbels 1–2 from nodes of runners or stems, with or without leaves, or on knobbly contracted stems, 2–4-flowered; peduncle 2–6 mm. long; pedicels 4–10 mm. long.. Receptacle obconic-cylindrical, 3–4 mm. long.. Calyx rim-like, 1–2 mm. long.. Corolla 4.5–6.7 cm. long, pinkish tipped green or greenish blue; tube very slightly S-shaped, 2–3 cm. long, narrow, slightly flared in upper oblique part; lower connivent part of the lobes 7–15 mm. long, with normally 6–8 paired folds and papillose inside; lobes distally recurving, linear.. Filaments red, at least above; anthers 9–10 mm. long, purple.. Berry orange or pink tinged, obovoid, 10 mm. long, 6 mm. in diameter.. Fig. 2/6, 7 (p. 10).
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