Digby; From Kubitzki: Neopatersonia Schonl. Perianth tube short; segments subequal, spreading. Stamens sub-1-seriate, attached at the throat of the perianth; filaments broadened and connate at the base, gradually narrowed above; anthers dorsiflexed, with introrse dehiscence. Ovary sessile, subovoid, 3 furrowed, with many ovules in each chamber; style filiform; stigma of three very short spreading branches. Fruit membranous 3- grooved, with loculicidal dehiscence. Seeds numerous flask shaped, rough. Only one species., N. uitenhagensis Schonl., S. Africa Arnold