Fls small, in axillary or terminal racemes; calyx tube adnate to ovary, lobes persistent; petals imbricate; stamens 5. Ovary 3-5-celled, style persistent; stigmas capitate, 3-5-lobed. Capsule obovoid to ellipsoid, 3-5-valved, inferior to half-superior. Shrubs or trees with alt., coriac., exstipulate lvs, us. with marginal glandular teeth. Young branchlets, lvs, peduncles and pedicels ± viscid and invested with lepidote scales. Genus of a few spp. in New Guinea, Australia and N.Z. (our spp. endemic).
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