Stylidiaceae
Fls mostly 5-merous, irregular, perfect to unisexual, solitary or in racemes. Receptacle adnate to ovary; calyx-lobes free or connate and 2-lipped; corolla-lobes imbricate. Stamens 2-(3); filaments free from corolla, connate into a column surrounding style. Ovary inferior, 2-(1)-celled; capsule with ∞ seeds; embryo minute, endosperm cop. Mostly herbs with watery sap, radical or imbricate exstipulate simple lvs. Some 6 genera and 125 spp., mostly of Australia, Tasmania, N.Z.
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Peduncles elongate; lvs of oblong order, distributed along stem; plants not stoloniferous
