多脉守宫木 duo mai shou gong mu

Shrubs ca. 1.5 m tall, erect, glabrous throughout; branches angular, gray-green. Stipules triangular, ca. 1.5 mm; petiole ca. 3 mm; leaf blade oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 10-14 × 3-4 cm, thinly papery; lateral veins 10-12 pairs, arcuately anastomosing to before margins. Male flowers not seen. Female flowers axillary, solitary or paired, bracteolate at base; pedicels 6-10 mm, swollen near apex; calyx yellow-green, 6-lobed; sepals oblong-obovate, 2.5-4 × 1.5-3 mm; ovary globose, ca. 3.5 mm in diam., 3-locular; styles 3, free, short. Fruit not seen. Fl. Jun.

● Dense forests; 1000-1100 m. S Yunnan (Cangyuan).