Descripcion

Shrubs or small trees; stems woody, frequently branched, the branches alter- nate, opposite or approximate, sometimes fascicled, terete, slender, moderately lenticellate, gray or slightly reddish-brown. Leaves clustered on short side branches, alternate if single, crowded, subsessile, stiffly mem-branaceous, elliptic to obovate, 0.8-3.0 cm. long, 0.5-1.3 cm. broad, apex acute to rounded, base acute, usually with 2 cyathiform glands, callose-serrulate, the midrib prominent, the secondary venation obscure. Inflorescence 1-2 cm. long, slightly flexuose, the peduncle elongate below the lowest pistillate cymule, the upper staminate and lower pistillate cymules spiral, widely spaced, not distinctly separate upon the peduncle; bracts of the pistillate cymule elliptic, mucronate, the staminate elliptic to ovate, rounded to acute, the glands patelliform. Sepals of pistillate flower 3, elliptic, mucronate; ovary sessile, 3-carpellate; styles unknown. Staminate cymules 5- to 9-flowered, the flowers subsessile; calyx shallowly 2-lobed, the lobes serrulate; pollen irregu- larly ovoid, with 3 pores, the exine reticulate to granular. Lobes of the gynobase 2-3 mm. long. Fruit and seed not seen.