87. Nucularia Battand.

Nucularia Battand., Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 50: 469 (1903)

Shrub. Leaves fleshy, opposite. Flowers paired, axillary, sessile on the large bracts, connate at their bases; perianth stiff, 5-lobed, unequal, indurated at the base; stamens 5; small disk present; stigmas 2. Pericarp free; fruit surrounded by the indurated perianth, nut-like; seeds usually vertical; perisperm absent; embryo spiral. One sp., N. perrinii Battand., NW Africa.