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Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Monimiaceae Juss.

MONIMIACEAE

Fls regular, us. small, unisexual to polygamous, in cymes or racemes; per. segs 4-many; stamens many to few, anthers opening by slits or valves; disk adnate to per. tube; carpels 1-ovuled, us. several, free in fr., us. enclosed in persistant per. tube. Trees or shrubs, us. fragrant; lvs coriac., us. opp., gland-dotted, exstipulate. About 30 genera, mainly of tropics and subtropics.

Key

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Fr. a drupe; bark dark; anthers opening by longitudinal slits
1. HEDYCARYA
Fr. an achene with plumose style; bark pale; anthers opening by valves
2. LAURELIA
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