多枝霉草 duo zhi mei cao

Stems branched, ca. 12 cm tall including inflorescences. Scalelike leaves lanceolate, apex mucronate. Inflorescences short, 3-7-flowered. Plants monoecious. Pedicels erect, 2-4 mm, slender; bracts 1.5-2 mm. Perianth segments (4-)6, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, ca. 0.8 mm. Stamens 2 or 3, subsessile. Carpels obovoid and slightly curved when mature; styles subapical, filiform.

About 300 m. Hong Kong, Taiwan (Lan Yu) [Japan (Bonin Islands)].