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108. Elatostema napoense W. T. Wang, Guihaia. 2: 121. 1982.
那坡楼梯草 na po lou ti cao
Description from Flora of China
Herbs perennial, monoecious, ca. 45 cm tall, glabrous. Stems ascending or erect, simple, glabrous or pilose, not furfuraceous. Leaves alternate; nanophylls ovate, 0.8-1.2 mm; stipules linear-lanceolate, ca. 7 × 1-2 mm; petiole 1-2 mm; leaf blade obliquely elliptic or oblong, 10.5-15.5 × 4-6 cm, herbaceous, major basal lateral veins asymmetric, 1 basal, the other arising above base, cystoliths conspicuous or obscure, sparse; base with broader half auriculate, margin crenate or denticulate, apex short caudate. Male inflorescences solitary, simple, ca. 15 mm in diam.; peduncle 50-60 mm; receptacle ca. 14 mm in diam.; bracts connate, ca. 2.5 mm; bracteoles linear. Female inflorescences 2 mm in diam., sessile; receptacle ca. 1.8 mm in diam.; bracts cymbiform-triangular; bracteoles narrowly linear. Male flowers 5-merous. Fl. Oct.
* Shaded wet forests on limestone mountains; ca. 1100 m. Guangxi (Napo).
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