MARTYNIACEAE

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 284

CLVIII. MARTYNIACEAE 2

Herbs. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Calyx 5-fid. Corolla 5-lobed, weakly 2-lipped. Stamens 4, the 5th represented by a staminode. Ovary superior, 1 -locular, with parietal placentae. Fruit a 2-valved capsule, terminating in a long, curved, horn-like process, splitting longitudinally when mature.