Clutia alpina Prain

Undershrub; stems several, prostrate from a woody rootstock, 4-12 in. long, giving off several ascending or prostrate branches, 2-6 in. long, again branching; twigs angled or slightly winged, sparingly and softly tawny hirsute; leaves petioled, membranous, pellucid-punctate, ovate, obtuse, base rounded or truncate, margin revolute, 0.3-0.5 in. long, 0.2-0.3 in. wide, adpressed hirsute on the midrib above, otherwise glabrous on both surfaces; nerves not visible; petiole 0.12-0.17 in. long, pubescent; flowers dioecious, green, male 2-nate in the leaf-axils; pedicels very short, surrounded at the base by small ovate hyaline scales with margins ciliate towards the base; male sepals ovate, obtuse, within eglandular; petals spathulate, eglandular, but each with a minute gland attached within its insertion; rudimentary ovary cylindric, glabrous.