Flora of New Zealand Series

Infl. of racemes or cymes, often involucrate. Calyx 4-5-toothed; corolla often tubular, 4-5-lobed, often 2-lipped; stamens 4, didynamous. Ovary us. of 2 carpels, 2-5-loculed. Fr. a drupe or schizocarp, often separating into drupelets or nutlets. Some 100 genera, mainly tropical and sub-tropical, with often quadrangular branchlets and us. opp. lvs.