Cliffortia filifolia L.F.

Frutex ramosus. Rami et ramuli erecto-patentes glabri; ramuli abbreviati 3-5 mm longi 2-4-foliati. Folia 3-foliolata; vagina amplectens 1-2.5 mm longa glabra, stipulis 1.5-2 mm longis cuspidatis; petiolus communis 0.3-1 mm longus; foliola inter se similia 6-12 mm longa 0.3-0.5 mm crassa linearia ± curvata cuspidata supra plana vel concavula subtus convexa, marginibus laevibus vel scabridis. Flores [male] sessiles vel rudimento receptaculi ad 0.5 mm longo praediti; bracteolae 3-4 mm longae acutae basi pilosulae ceterum glabrae; sepala 3 oblongo-lanceolata 4-4.5 mm longa acuta glabra; stamina 6, antheris 0.6-0.8 mm, filamentis 4.5-5 mm longis. Flores [female] sessiles; bracteolae amplectentes 4.5-5 mm longae cuspidatae basi pilosulae ceterum glabrae; receptaculum 3-4.5 mm longum oblongum, costis inconspicuis; achenium ad 3.5 mm longum oblongum; sepala 3 c. 1.5 mm longa oblonga obtusa-obtusiuscula glabra; stigma ignotum.