Isertia Schreb.

Trees or shrubs. Leaves petiolate, the stipules free, interpetiolar, erect, per-sistent. Inflorescences large, terminal, cymose corymbose or cymose paniculate. Flowers large, pedicellate, the hypanthium usually subovoid, the calycine cup short, the teeth usually 4-6; corolla elongate, tubular funnelform or salverform, rigidly petaloid, hairy within, the lobes 4-6, valvate; stamens exserted, the an-thers linear; ovary 2-6-celled. Fruits baccate, globose, the seeds small, numer-ous, foveolate.