55. Halosarcia R G. Wilson

Fig. 51

Dwarf shrubs. Leaf blades insignificant; sclereids absent in the chlorenchyma. Flowers in triads in the axil of opposite, usually connate bracts, bisexual or rarely pistillate; perianth 3-lobed; stamen 1, abaxial. Seed coat membranous to crustaceous; embryo curved perisperm present, lateral. Twenty three spp., Australia, rarely S Asia.