Lachnaea filicaulis (Meisn.) Beyers

Erect, moderately branched shrub up to 0.4 m tall, multistemmed at base; resprouter. Branches erect to flexuous, slender, ridged below leaf bases, sericeous, leafy, becoming sparsely hairy and naked without prominent leaf scars. Leaves decussate, with distal 2 pairs of leaves usually subverticillate, ascending to patent, imbricate to distant, sessile, epistomatic, lanceolate, 3.6-8.0(-12.0) x 0.6-1.0(-1.5) mm, coriaceous, glabrous; adaxially concave to obtusely concave, smooth, dull, ± white-punctate; abaxially convex, glossy, smooth; apex mucronate or acuminate; base obtuse. Inflorescence terminal. 1-flowered, but appearing to be axillary when much reduced, lateral branches comprise only 1 pair of leaves and 1 flower, densely sericeous at floral articulation. Flowers sessile, subactinomorphic, cream or pink. Hypanthium 3.0-4.5 mm long, circumscissile 0.3-0.67 from base; upper portion cup-shaped; basal portion narrowly ellipsoid to ellipsoid or narrowly ovoid to ovoid, sericeous outside; upper portion adpressed-puberulent inside but barbate above circumscission zone in vicinity of floral scales; basal portion glabrous inside. Sepals ascending, subequal, elliptic, ovate, obovate to subrotund, 1.3-3.0 x 1.2-2.0 mm, obtuse, abaxially sericeous, adaxially puberulent to glabrescent. Stamens exserted or only outer, antesepalous whorl exserted and inner, antipetalous whorl semi-exserted; antesepalous whorl arising usually at rim but occasionally 1/3 way down upper portion of hypanthium, inner, antepetalous whorl arising 1/3-1/2 down upper portion of hypanthium; filaments 0.3-0.9 mm long; anthers widely oblong to widely ellipsoid, 0.5-1.0 mm long, abaxially with broad connective tissue. Floral scales arising just above circumscission zone immediately below antepetalous stamens, subrotund. 0.3-0.5 mm long, glabrous. Ovary ellipsoid, ovoid or obovoid, 1.0-1.6 mm long, usually glabrous but occasionally adpressed hairy near apex. Style terete-obconical, 1.4-2.8 mm long, glabrous. Stigma conical and papillate.