Fls axillary or on naked wood, solitary or in small cymose fasicles; pedicels bracted. Receptacle adnate to ovary; sepals 5-4, ± united at base, valvate; corolla funnelform to tubular, long, valvately 5-4-lobed. Stamens 5, inserted near throat. Disk epig., anthers exserted; ovary 2-loculed, locules 2-5-ovuled. Style filiform, elongate; stigma clavate to capitate. Berry ellipsoid to globose; seeds with bony reticulate testa; endosperm cop., fleshy. Erect or spreading shrubs with alt., exstipulate lvs of very diverse size and shape; petioles often expanded and subamplexicaul at base; fls very fragrant; berry us. crimson. Genus endemic to N.Z.
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