The two genera of Buxbaum's tribe Wurmbaeae,AnguillariaandWurmbea, have multiovulate carpels. There are deep septal indentations between the carpels ofAnguillaria, but the wings of adjoining carpels are fused to solid septa in most species ofWurmbea.InAnguillariathe carpels have open sutures or prominent commissural markings; inWurmbeathe carpels generally lack these characteristics, and some species have a vascularized, columella‐like axis in the centre of the pistil. In both genera there are a dorsal bundle, lateral bundles, and two placental bundles in each carpel. At the inner edge of the septum there are one or two septal bundles inAnguillariaand one or none inWurmbea.The ovules are monotegmic, the integument and funiculus being partly fused inAnguillariaand mostly fused inWurmbea.An obturator is present inAnguillariabut absent from most species ofWurmbe