Citation: DC., Prod. 1:335 (1824).

Derivation: After Johann von Muralt, Swiss botanist.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Shrubs or subshrubs; leaves usually clustered on short axillary shoots, ovate, lanceolate or almost linear, often pungent-pointed, often with the apex curved.

Fruit a compressed membranous capsule loculicidally dehiscent at the margins; seed with a cap-like caruncle at the base.

Distribution:  An African genus of c. 115 species, mostly South African; 1 species naturalised in Australia.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available