Clutia nana Prain

A dwarf undershrub, 3-4 in. high; branches stout, again intricately branching, twigs quite glabrous; leaves sessile, coriaceous, ovate, acute, base rounded, margin involute, very closely imbricate, 0.125 in. long, 0.08 in. wide, convex subcarinate below, deep concave above, quite glabrous; flowers dioecious, male solitary; female not seen; pedicels very short, glabrous; male sepals ovate, cucullate, obtuse, with a large lobate basal gland; petals ovate, obtuse, clawed, with a solitary small gland at the junction of the lamina and claw; rudimentary ovary very short, rounded, glabrous.