Cliffortia lepida Weim.

Fruticulus gracilis; rami et ramuli glabri; internodia 5-10 mm longa. Folia 3-foliolata; vagina 1-1.5 mm longa amplectens sat laxa marginibus scariosa glabra; petiolus 2-4 mm longus parte libera 1-2 mm; foliola supra viridia subtus glaucescenti-viridia plana vel marginibus modice recurvata; foliolum medium 5-12 mm longum 2-5 mm latum aut lanceolatum integrum aut anguste cuneatum apice trilobatum; foliola lateralia aut integra aut apice 2-vel 3-lobata. Flores [male] pedicellis 8-12 mm longis filiformibus praediti; bracteolae 2.5-3.5 mm longae amplectentes glabrae; sepala 3 ca. 5 mm longa ovata apicibus acuta-acuminata; stamina 12; filamenta 4 mm longa; antherae 0.7-0.8 mm longae ovoideae. Flores [female] pedicellati; pedicelli fere ut in [male]; receptaculum (immaturum) sectione transversali rotundato-triangulari-obovoideum: sepala 3 subacuta 2-2.5 mm longa recurvata.