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
Leaves green on both surfaces, oblanceolate to narrow-elliptic, 5–12 cm long, 2–3 cm wide, gradually tapering towards the base, ± acuminate, prominently reticulate underneath. Fruit globular, ± pointed, 12–16 mm diam. Small tree. Coast. RF. Fl. spring. Murrogun Cryptocarya microneura