Hemiphues Hook.f.
Umbels simple, small, few-fld; calyx minutely 5-toothed or teeth obsolete. Petals 0-(5), stamens and styles 2. Fr. obliquely ovoid by abortion of one mericarp; fertile mericarp obscurely 5-ribbed, somewhat compressed, convex on dorsal surface; vittae 0. Small herb with creeping branching stems forming compact patches. Lvs entire, of oblong to spathulate order, narrowed to sheathing base. A few rather ill-defined spp. of Australia, Tasmania, N.Z., closely related to Actinotus.
