Shrubs, rounded, up to 1 m tall. Stems many branched, glabrous; pith hollow. Stipules very small, membranous, caducous; petiole 2-4 cm; leaf blade elliptic, 1.5-7 × 1.2-4 cm, thinly papery, both surfaces smooth, glabrous, base usually attenuate, rarely rounded, margin entire, apex rounded or emarginate. Inflorescence a terminal or axillary solitary cyathium. Cyathium stipe ca. 3 mm; involucre campanulate, ca. 3.5 × 3.5 mm, lobes 4 or 5, pilose; glands 3 or 4, light yellow, flat, transversely elliptic, entire, ca. 2 × 1.5 mm. Female flower: ovary ca. 2.5 mm in diam., smooth; styles connate below middle; style arms not lobed. Capsule 3-angular-ovoid, ca. 6 mm in diam., smooth, glabrous. Immature seeds globose, ca. 3 mm in diam., without ornamentation, without caruncle. Fl. Dec.
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