Cliffortia rigida Weim.

Fruticulus; rami el ramuli cortice glabro nitente obtecti; internodia 5-10 mm longa. Folia supra viridia subtus glaucescenti-viridia valde variabilia; nunc 3-foliolata, foliolis 5-7 mm longis 1.5-2 mm latis pungenti-mucronatis, nunc simplicia triangulari-obovata apice trilobata, nunc ± profunde 2-3-divisa; vagina 1 mm longa amplectens; stipulae 0.5-0.7 mm longae triangulares scariosae acutae-subacutae. Flores [male] sessiles; bracteolae 1.5-2 mm longae amplectentes acutae scariosae dorso breviter pilosae ciliolatae; sepala 3 oblonga-oblongo-lanceolata ca. 5 mm longa 1.5-1.8 mm lata apice recurvata; stamina 6; filamenta 6 mm longa; antherae 1 mm longae oblongae flavae. Flores [female] sessiles; bracteolae 2 mm longae acutae-acuminatae ceterum ut in [male]; receptaculum 4 mm longum 1.5 mm crassum oblongum prominenter 6-vel 12-costatum badium: sepala 3 ca. 2 mm longa oblongo-lanceolata recurvata; stigma e receptaculo ca. 7 mm prominens rubrum.