Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Plectomirtha W.R.B.Oliv.

PLECTOMIRTHA W. R. B. Oliver, 1948

"Tree. Leaves alternate, entire. Flowers hermaphrodite, in panicles usually below the terminal leaves but sometimes terminal, bracts minute. Calyx disc-like, with 5 minute points opposite the stamens. Petals 5, deciduous. Stamens 5, alternating with the petals, filaments folded in the unopened flower. Ovary one-celled, ovule single, suspended from the top. Stigmas 3, sessile, united, forming a broad, flat disc."

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