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

ELATINACEAE

Fls small, regular, perfect, axillary; sepals and petals 2-5; stamens = or twice number of petals. Ovary superior, 2-5-celled, with axile placentae; styles 2-5, ovules ∞.Capsule septicidal; seeds minute, lacking endosperm. Herbs or small subshrubs with opp. or whorled lvs; stipules paired. Two genera and c. 30 spp., subcosmopolitan.

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