Parainvolucrella R.J. Wang gen. nov.

Note.

Annual or perennial herbs. Stem decumbent. Inflorescences terminal, congested-cymose, involucrated. Flowers heterostylous; petals 4; ovary 2-loculed, ovules many. Pollen 3-colporate; tectum double microreticulate. Fruits indehiscent. Seeds trigonous; testa reticulate.

Type.

Parainvolucrella scabra (Wall. ex Kurz) M.D. Yuan & R.J. Wang ( Hedyotis scabra Wall. ex Kurz)