Thymelaeaceae
Fls terminal or axillary, perfect to unisexual, regular or nearly so; in heads, spikes or racemes. Calyx tubular (hypanthium ?), imbricately 4-5-lobed (sepals ?); petals (or staminodes ?) 0-12, scale-like; stamens 2-many. Ovary superior, 1-2-celled, stigma capitate; ovule solitary in each cell, pend.; fr. us. ind. and drupaceous. Trees or shrubs with opp. or alt., simple exstipulate lvs. About 40 genera; mainly of Mediterranean, South Africa and Australia.
