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Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Lophomyrtus Burret

LOPHOMYRTUS Burret, 1941

Fls 4-merous; receptacle not produced beyond ovary; sepals persistent; stamens ∞, anthers dorsifixed. Gynaecium 2-3-locular; placenta of narrow ribbon-like lobes dependent from apex of loculus. Ovules ∞, affixed in 1 series to margin of placenta. Berry many-seeded, seeds reniform; testa hard, pale; radicle elongate. Genus endemic to N.Z. Type sp.: L. bullata. Shrubs or trees with gland-dotted lvs and receptacles.

Key

1
Lvs ± 25-50 mm. long, strongly bullate
1. bullata
Lvs ± 6-12 mm. long, obcordate, not bullate
2. obcordata
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