A small shrub up to 2 ft. high; stems firm, woody, considerably branched; twigs ascending, glabrous; leaves sessile, densely imbricate; coriaceous, opaque, oblong-ovate, obtuse but mucronulate, base rounded or wide-cuneate, margin scabrous, flat, 0.5 in. long, 0.2 in. wide, quite glabrous, glaucous on both surfaces; internodes terete, very short; flowers dioecious, white, pedicelled, male in few-flowered glomerules, female solitary; pedicels glabrous, male slender, 0.17 in. long, female in fruit rigid, stoutish, 0.2-0.25 in. long; male sepals obovate, obtuse, with a 3-lobate basal scale; petals wide-obovate, cuneately unguiculate, 2-glandular at the base; rudimentary ovary turbinate, glabrous; female sepals elliptic-lanceolate, larger than the male, with a 3-lobate basal scale; petals oblong-obovate, eglandular; ovary glabrous; styles free, 2-fid; capsule subglobose, 0.17 in. across; seeds black, shining.
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Perennial dwarf shrub, 0.1-0.6 m high; stems firm, woody, considerably branched; twigs ascending, glabrous. Leaves sessile, densely imbricate, coriaceous, opaque, oblong-obovate, base rounded or wide-cuneate, apex obtuse but mucronulate, margins scabrous, flat, glabrous; glaucous on both surfaces. Male flowers: few-flowered glomerules; pedicels slender; sepals obovate, obtuse, basal scale 3-lobate; petals widely obovate, cuneately unguiculate, base 2-glandular; ovary rudimentary, turbinate, glabrous. Female flowers solitary; pedicels glabrous; sepals elliptic-lanceolate, larger than male, basal scale 3-lobate; petals obovate-oblong, eglandular; ovary glabrous; styles free. Fruit a subglobose capsule. Seeds black and shining.
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