Description: Trees or shrubs.
Leaves simple, toothed; stipules triangular, prominent.
Flowers in dense globose heads, pedunculate, axillary. Sepals 4 or 5, free, not enlarging in fruit. Petals absent. Stamens numerous, longer than calyx. Ovary superior, 2- or 3-locular.
Capsule separating into distinct carpels opening along inner edge.
Distribution and occurrence: World: 1 species, endemic Australia. Australia: 1 species, endemic.
Text by G. J. Harden
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