Lysiana filifolia Barlow

Plant pendulous. Leaves terete, obtuse, 10-20 cm long, 1 mm diam., scarcely enlarged at base. Inflorescence a pedunculate 2-flowered umbel; peduncle 1-2 mm long; pedicels 6-8 mm long; bracts 1.5 mm long, forming a membranous rounded cupule at base of each flower. Calyx 0.7 mm long, weakly lobed. Corolla in mature bud c. 30 mm long, orange or red. Anthers not septate. Style articulate c. 0.5 mm above base, leaving a conical nipple on fruit. Fruit not known mature.

Occurs in open forest, parasitic on Casuarinaceae.