Cassytha filiformis L.

Altitude 1-3 jb&.
Coll. F, R. Fosberg No. 24365
Very abundant. parasitic especially on grasi
Reiuarks(Lepturus ,etc.) but on other plants as well.
Forming great patches on grasses terns yellow-green;
flowers white;fruit translucent white »pericarp sur-
rounding but not touching ripened ovafy. "kened*
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Cassytha filiformis L
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PLANTS OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
Cassytha filiformis L.
LocalityEniwetok Atoll, Aoman Islands
Mostly flats of coral sand, changing to v ^
broken coral rock as outer beach is approach*
Habitat ed-» entirely planted to coconuts, .(inner
portions clear and grassy beneath,nearer outer beach
a brush of Scaevola and Pisonia is beneath trees .
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