Sepals 5. Petals 5, usually villous within. Stamens 5-adelphous; phalanges opposite to the petals, oligandrous; squamæ 5, alternating with the phalanges. Ovary 5-celled; styles distinct; stigmas clavate-capitate; ovules solitary (or geminate), ascending. Fruit baccate, indehiscent. Seeds erect, unappendaged; testa (at least sometimes) with conspicuous immersed glands; embryo straight; cotyledons convolute or plano-convex, radicle short. —Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite, sometimes with interpetiolar connecting lines. Flowers in terminal or lateral cymes.