Heterostachys
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Succulent shrubs with cylindrical leaves. Flowers solitary, free, in the axil of opposite caducuous bracts; perianth compressed, 4-lobed at the apex, lobes unequal; stamens 2; stigmas 2. Fruit sprongy; seeds vertical; embryo semi-annular; radicle ascendent or descendent; perisperm abundant. Two spp., S and C America.