Cassytha L.
Fls small, perfect, 3-bracteolate, in spikes or racemes; per. tube with 6 segs. Perfect stamens 9 in 3 series; two outer with introrse anthers, filaments eglandular; inner with extrorse anthers, filaments biglandular at base; innermost of 3 staminodes. Stigma small, fr. enclosed in enlarged per. tube, crowned by persistent segs. Twining parasites attached to host by suckers; lvs absent or reduced to minute scales. About 15, mainly Australian, spp., but extending to S. Africa and Borneo. The N.Z. sp. occurs also in Australia.
