滇南螺序草 dian nan luo xu cao

Herbs, presumably perennial, 20-25 cm tall, decumbent and rooting at base but ascending in upper parts; stems with 2 lines of dense hispidulous hairs. Petiole 0.5-1 cm, glabrous; leaf blade drying papery, olive-green, lanceolate-oblong or ovate-elliptic, 4.5-8 × 1.5-3.5 cm, glabrous, base cuneate to obtuse and shortly decurrent, apex obtuse then abruptly acuminate; secondary veins 10 or 11 pairs; stipules lanceolate-linear or linear, 5-8 mm, acuminate. Inflorescences and flowers not seen. Infructescences cymose, 2.5-3 cm, glabrescent; peduncle ca. 1 cm; pedicels 3-4 mm. Capsules white, ellipsoid, 5.5-6 mm, glabrous, valves 4, becoming slightly twisted. Fr. Nov-Dec.

● Dense forests; ca. 1100 m. Yunnan (Malipo).