Cliffortia neglecta Schltr.

Fruticulus decumbens. Rami et ramuli cinerei in partibus junioribus brevissime pilosuli; ramuli abbreviati 2-10 mm longi vaginis foliorum inclusi. Folia simplicia; vagina 1-1.5 mm longa amplectens fusca opaca glabra vel interdum brevissime pilosula ciliolata. stipulis c. 1 mm longis anguste triangularibus acutis; lamina subuliformis subteres supra plana vel leviter canaliculata 5-10 mm longa 1 mm crassa opaca pungenti-mucronata. Flores [male] sessiles; bracteolae 3-3.5 mm longae amplectentes scariosae acutae glabrae ciliis apice dilatatis praeditae; sepala 3 oblongo-lanceolata 5-6 mm longa acuta glabra rubiginosa nitidula; stamina plerumque 6 interdum 7, antheris 1-1.4 mm, filamentis 7-8 mm longis. Flores [female] sessiles; bracteolae 2-3 mm longae cuspidatae ceterum ut in [male]; receptaculum (immaturum!) ovoideum-ovoideo-oblongum leviter 9-sulcatum glabrum; sepala 3 lanceolata c. 3 mm longa acuta chartacea rubiginosa glabra; stigma e receptaculo c. 2 mm prominens rubrum.