Carruthersia
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Leaves opposite, those of a pair equal, petiolate;
Inflorescence of axillary and terminal cymes, often forming into a terminal panicle, glabrous or puberulent, lax;
Sepals free, entire, often with a thick base, with a row of colleters at the base inside.
Stamens seemingly free but actually very loosely adnate to style head, inserted near base of corolla tube;
Fruit of paired follicles, fusiform to terete, pointed at ends, somewhat laterally flattened, longitudinally dehiscent, many-seeded.
Seeds elliptic with a coma pointing towards fruit apex, grain slightly elongated at end with coma.