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 not dimorphic
Leaves broader than linear.
Pedicels and sepals mostly pubescent, very rarely glabrous. Pedicels ± stout, erect or slightly spreading. Leaves narrow-elliptic to broad-elliptic or orbicular, up to 20 mm long; margins recurved. Petals 6–15 mm long. Ovules 2 per loculus. Erect undershrub. Hornsby Plateau and Blue Mts DSF and WSF. Fl. spring–summer Tetratheca thymifolia
Pedicels and sepals glabrous or nearly so. Pedicels slender, usually hooked at the top. Leaves narrow-elliptic to obovate, up to 10 mm long; margins recurved. Petals 6–10 mm long. Ovules 2 per loculus. Erect or ascending undershrub. Higher Blue Mts DSF. Fl. spring–summer Tetratheca bauerifolia