Elaeocarpaceae

Small shrub. Flowers 4(rarely 5)-merous with 8(10) stamens. Tetratheca

Stems terete or ridged not winged

Sepals deciduous. Pedicels not glandular-hirsute. Leaves usually whorled, sometimes alternate (opposite on some branches of T. shiressii).

Branches dimorphic, i.e. some glabrous with linear opposite leaves, others pubescent with broader whorled leaves. Pedicels glabrous or nearly so. Sepals glabrous outside or nearly so. Petals 10–12 mm long. Ovary hirsute; ovules 2 per loculus. Ascending to decumbent undershrub. Woronora and Hornsby plateaus. Heath and DSF. Ss. Fl. spring Tetratheca shiressii

Branches not dimorphic