Clutia cordata Bernh.

An undershrub; stems usually simple, occasionally branched, several from a woody rootstock, erect, 1-2 ft. high, somewhat angular above, terete below, even when young quite glabrous in every part; leaves shortly petioled, when young membranous, soon firmly papei pellucid-punctate but not warted, lower orbicular, upper ovate, shortly acuminate, base subcordate, margin slightly recurved, 0.75-1.25 in. long, in. wide, pale green, glabrous on both sides, distinctly but not prominently reticulately veined beneath; petiole 0.08 in. long below, almost obsolete above; flowers dioecious, white, male solitary or in pairs, female solitary; pedicels up to 0.25 in. long, male capillary, female rigid, stouter, angled; male sepals ovate-oblong, obtuse, punctate but not warted, with a 2-4-lobate basal scale; petals rounded-ovate, narrowed to a rather wide claw, rather shorter than the sepals, eglandular but each with about five free glands attached within their point of origin; rudimentary ovary subcylindric, glabrous; female sepals oblong, punctate, with a 2-lobed basal scale; petals as in the male, eglandular; ovary glabrous; styles free, shortly 2-fid; capsule 1 in. across, subglobose, faintly warted-punctate.