Flora of New Zealand Series

Fls perfect, regular, 4-merous, racemed on paired pedicels. Per. cylindric, segs separating and curling spirally. Stamens attached above middle; filaments very short, anthers long linear. Hypog. glands 4; ovary sessile, 1-celled, 4-ovuled; style long, persistent. Follicles woody, seeds winged at apex. Trees or shrubs with alt. lvs. Type sp. endemic to N.Z.; 2 spp. (subgen. Eucarpha) with foliaceous bracts, occur in New Caledonia.