Shrubs, 10–20 dm, dioecious. Stems well branched from base, stellate-hairy. Leaves not clustered; stipules rudimentary; petiole 0.3–1 cm, 1/10–1/7 leaf blade length, often with 2 sessile or stipitate glands at apex; blade linear to narrowly oblong, 3–7 × 0.3–1.5 cm, mostly more than 4 times as long as wide, base cuneate to obtuse, margins entire, apex obtuse to acute, abaxial surface whitish yellow, densely appressed stellate-hairy, adaxial surface green, glabrous or minutely stellate-puberulent. Inflorescences unisexual, racemes; staminate 4–10 cm, flowers 10–30; pistillate 3–5 cm, flowers 5–12. Pedicels: staminate 1–2 mm, pistillate 2–3 mm. Staminate flowers: sepals 5(–6), 2–2.5 mm, abaxial surface stellate-hairy; petals 5–6, spatulate, obtuse, 1.5–2.5 mm, abaxial surface glabrous except margins ciliate; stamens 12–17. Pistillate flowers: sepals 5, equal, 2.5–3.5 mm, margins entire, apex incurved, abaxial surface canescent; petals rudimentary or 0; ovary 3-locular; styles 3, 2–3 mm, 2-fid, terminal segments 6. Capsules 5–7 × 4–5 mm, smooth; columella with 3 rounded, inflated lobes. Seeds 3–4 × 1.5–2 mm, dull.
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