Somewhat divaricate shrub c. 1 m high; penultimate branchlets green. Branchlets ascending, verticillate, 1-6 cm long; elongate articles 1-5, terete to subangular, 6-20 mm long, 0.6-1 mm diam., glabrous or pubescent especially in furrows; phyllichnia rounded, lacking median groove; teeth 5, ascending to spreading, markedly overlapping, 0.6-1.3 mm long, marcescent, dark brown with broad white erose margins. Male spikes head-like, 1.5-2.0 mm long, with prominent bracts; anther 0.6-0.7 mm long. Cones ovoid to cylindrical, sessile, with short coarse hairs 1-2 mm long around bracts and bracteoles; cone body 9-13 mm long, 7-9 mm diam.; bracts densely pubescent when young, with deciduous dark brown broadly acute apex with broad erose margins; bracteoles inconspicuous, truncate, with small protuberance apparently superficially divided. Samara 4.5-5.0 mm long, dark brown (including short wing), shortly pubescent on sides of body at least towards base.
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