Stem repent at base, with many slender, erect or decumbent branches; stipules ovate, persistent; leaves rotund-rhombic, 8-20 (rarely to 50) mm. long and wide, cuneate at base, coarsely crenate, strigillose with a few hyaline hairs above, the leaves of a node similar and subequal but one usually with a shorter petiole; plants usually dioecious, the flowers in small clusters up to 1 cm. wide, their peduncles generally exceeding the adjacent petioles; staminate flowers nearly 4 mm. long, including appendages about 1.2 mm. long; pistillate flowers with 1 of the segments larger than the others, auriculate; achenes broadly ovate, nearly 2 mm. long.
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