Flora of New Zealand Series

Plant monoec.; ♂ without bracteoles; per. 5-partite; stamens 5, well-exserted, filaments slender, connate at very base. ♀ without per., enclosed in bracteoles united almost to apex, opening at tips in fr.; ovary compressed; stigmas 2, papillose on inner face. Seed erect, compressed, edges opp. lips of bracteoles. Herbs clad in bladdery papillae. Genus of 1 known sp., of Australia, Tasmania and N.Z.