线药算盘子 xian yao suan pan zi

Shrubs ca. 1 m tall, monoecious; branchlets slender, glabrous. Stipules triangular, ca. 2.5 × 1.5 mm, slightly thick, glabrous; petiole 2-3 mm; leaf blade oblong to obovate, 5-8 × 2.5-4 cm, papery, glabrous on both surfaces, base acute, inequilateral, apex obtuse. Flowers in bisexual axillary clusters. Male flowers: pedicels ca. 1 cm, slender, sparsely hispid; sepals 6, biseriate, outer obovate, ca. 2.5 × 1 mm; stamens 3, connate; anthers linear. Female flowers subsessile; sepals 6, biseriate, oblanceolate, ca. 1.5 × 0.5 mm, glabrous outside, sparsely hispid inside, apex obtuse; ovary depressed globose, ca. 0.5 × 1 mm; style column cylindric, ca. 1 mm, slightly thick, 8-grooved at apex. Fruits not seen. Fl. Oct.

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