Vegetative key to the families

ROOTLESS EPIPHYTIC PARASITES.

Stems thread-like, leafless or almost so, forming tangled masses over the host and attached to the host by haustoria

Stems green or with brown scale-leaves. Usually parasitic on shrubs or trees (Cassytha) Lauraceae

Leaves conspicuous. Trees or shrubs

Ovary and fruit enclosed by the floral tube Cryptocarya

Ovary and fruit enclosed by the floral tube near the base only