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Stamens free or filaments sometimes slightly fused together at the base; anthers oblong, almost as long as the filament, with a ± orbicular connective-appendage broader than the anther, not decurrent, and usually 2 thecal appendages or one bifid appendage.
Inflorescence 5–10-flowered, racemose, simple or occasionally with a short branch at the base, single or rarely ± clustered, axillary, elongating before anthesis; peduncle stout, greenish, shortly brownish-pubescent.
Petals 5–7 mm. long, c. 5 times as long as the sepals, cream-or greenish-white, oblong to ovate-lanceolate, rounded at the apex, ± reflexed at the apex only, glabrous.
Capsule c. 13 mm. long, green, 3-sided, glabrous, prominently reticulate, coriaceous, few-seeded.
Flowers erect or secund, pedicellate; pedicels 4–6 (8) mm. long, orange, pubescent.
Ovary ± ovoid, obscurely 3-lobed, glabrous, style 2–5 times as long as the ovary.
Bracts and bracteoles ovate, cucullate, longitudinally ribbed, persistent.
Branches slender, terete, shortly pubescent at first, becoming glabrous.
Sepals 1–1.5 mm. long, ovate, obtuse, cucullate, longitudinally ribbed.
Shrub or small tree, 1.5–7 m. high; bark smooth.
Flower-buds sessile, green, ovoid.
Seeds c. 5 mm. long.