网脉守宫木 wang mai shou gong mu

Shrubs ca. 2 m tall, erect, glabrous throughout. Stipules triangular, caducous; petiole ca. 5 mm; leaf blade oblong, oblong-elliptic, or elliptic-lanceolate, 10-16 × 4-5 cm, leathery, base broadly cuneate to obtuse, apex acuminate; venation pinnate, lateral veins 8-10 pairs, reticulate veins raised on both surfaces. Flowers not seen. Infructescence axillary, 1-fruited. Fruiting pedicel ca. 3 cm; persistent sepals 6, broadly obovate, ca. 5 × 2.5 mm, thick; capsule depressed globose, ca. 1.5 × 2 cm; persistent styles 3, free, bifid. Fr. Aug-Nov.

● Open forests or scrubby slopes on limestone; 500-800 m. W Guangxi (Jingxi), W Yunnan (Luxi).

Flowers are needed to confirm the generic placement of this plant.