Anthospermum galpinii Schltr.

Dioecious shrub, mostly single-stemmed, erect and ± cylindrical to roundish, c. 0.6-2(-2.5) m tall [several-stemmed, often not more than 0.25 m tall if burnt]. Stems much-branched above, branches mostly ± erect to ascending, often in threes. Leaves in whorls of 3 or (seldom) decussate, pseudo-verticillate; blades (6-)10-20(-27) x (0.5-)0.8-1.5(-2.5) mm, ± narrowly oblanceolate, linear-lanceolate to ± linear, glabrous or sometimes lower half of midrib below shortly hairy; petioles sub-obsolete; stipular sheath with a small seta. Flowers subsessile or 'male' occasionally with peduncles to 2 mm long, in clusters of many to few at nodes, 'female' inflorescences sometimes ± contracted and conspicuous; corolla 4-merous, yellow to greenish yellow, shortly hairy or glabrous (especially 'female'). 'Male': tube 0.4-1.0 mm long, (broadly) funnel-shaped to subcampanulate, lobes 1.4-2.2 x 0.7-1 mm; anthers 1.3-2.0 mm long; minute rudimentary ovary present. 'Female': tube 0.5-0.8 mm long, lobes 0.2-0.5 x 0.1-0.2 mm; style 0 or c. 0.2-0.4 mm long; stigmas 2, (2.5-)3.0-5.0(-7.0) mm long; ovary c. 1 x 0.8 mm, with 4 small calyx lobes. Fruit reddish brown to greyish; mericarps c. 1.8-3.0 x 0.7-1.2 mm, elliptic, oblong to ± obovate, densely covered with whitish hairs or papillae c. 0.1-0.2 mm long, with 2 rounded to ± triangular calyx lobes c. 0.1-0.3 mm long or calyx lobes ± lacking.