Gonocarpus Thunb.
Flowers solitary in the axil of each bract. Fruit 1-locular, membranous Gonocarpus
Bracts all alternate
Stamens 8
Leaves mostly opposite below the inflorescence, occasionally in whorls of 3
Fruit and ovary covered with glistening papillae, 8-ribbed but not rugose. Petals glabrous. Leaves glabrous or slightly scabrous, serrulate, up to 2 cm long and 5 mm wide. Diffuse, decumbent herb with often ridged white stems up to 70 cm long. Hawkesbury River district. Wet places Gonocarpus chinensisverrucosus