Dioecious or rarely polygamo-dioecious spreading, often prostrate shrub, 0.2–1 m high. Leaves simple, sessile, linear to oblong, acute, 1–3.5 cm long, 0.2–0.8 cm wide, glabrous or sparsely pubescent on midrib only; margin revolute, undulate, entire or sometimes irregularly dentate with teeth to 5 mm long; base decurrent, the margin & midrib extending into wings on stem. Flowers solitary or paired; pedicels 2–4 mm long. Sepals 4, rarely 5, oblong to ovate, 2–3 mm long, caducous. Stamens 8, rarely to 10. Ovary pubescent. Capsule 4-winged, broadly oblong in lateral view, 10–15.5 mm long, 9–12 mm wide, rarely to 16 mm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent; wings 1–3 mm wide, coriaceous; dehiscence septifragal.
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