Cliffortia dregeana C.Presl

Frutex 0.5-1 m altus. Rami et ramuli robusti canescenti-straminei-ferruginei-sanguinei glabri vel rarius parce pilosuli. Folia simplicia; vagina 2.5-5 mm longa amplectens, marginibus connatis, extus 3-costata glabra ferruginea, marginibus saepe sanguineis; stipulae 3-5 mm longae cuspidatae; lamina 1.5-3.5 cm longa lineari-lanceolata-lanceolata viridis opaca coriacea glabra, marginibus ± incurvatis integerrimis vel utroque latere dente angusto triangulari munitis. Flores [male] sessiles; bracteolae ad 7 mm longae carinatae acutae, nervo medio glabro vel brevissime pilosulo; sepala 3 c. 8 mm longa 5 mm lata ovata-obovata acuta foliacea tenuiter nervosa glabra; stamina c. 40, antheris 1-1.5 mm, filamentis 5-6 mm longis. Flores [female] sessiles; bracteolae 6-7 mm longae amplectentes acutae scariosae glabrae; receptaculum c. 8 mm longum 5 mm crassum ovoideum glabrum c. 20-costatum; sepala 3 c. 2 mm longa anguste triangularia acuta erecta persistentia glabra; stigma c. 2 mm e receptaculo prominens rubrum.