Clutia impedita Prain

An undershrub; stems rigid, erect, rather copiously virgately branched in the upper half, 1.5-2 ft. high, terete, even when young quite glabrous in every part; leaves shortly petioled, firmly papery, close set, more or less imbricate, all obovate, truncate or retuse, base gradually cuneate, margin flat, 0.3-0.5 in. long, 0.25-0.3 in. wide near the apex, pale green, glabrous, pellucid-punctate and warted, midrib faintly seen, nerves obscure; petiole 0.08 in. long or less; flowers dioecious, male alone seen, solitary or in pairs, pink; pedicels very short, under 0.08 in. long; male sepals suborbicular, rather fleshy, with a 2-4-lobed basal scale; petals obovate, gradually narrowed to the base, and there with a very minute gland; rudimentary ovary ovoid, glabrous.