Flora of New Zealand Series

Plants monoec. or dioec.; fls solitary to subumbellately or cymosely arranged, 5-merous; calyx petaloid, deeply lobed; petals present, smaller than calyx, or absent. Anthers ± 4-celled, the cells opening by a terminal pore. Ovary depressed-globular, 6-lobed, 3-celled; styles 3. Fr. capsular, splitting into 3 2-valved cocci. Genus of a few Australian and 2 N.Z. spp., of which P. microphylla also occurs in Australia and Tasmania.