Acsmithia integrifolia
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Description
Shrub or small tree to 15 m by 20 cm diameter.
Leaves in whorls of 3 or 4.
Stipules lanceolate, up to c. 3 by 1 mm.
Inflorescences axillary, up to 12 by 4 cm, up to c. 75-flowered.
Flowers with pedicel 0.7-1.8 mm long above articulation.
Sepals 1.7-2.1 by 0.6-1 mm, connate for 0.3-0.5 mm, glabrous.
Stamens with filaments 2-3.5 mm long and anthers c. 0.2 by 0.3 by 0.15 mm.
Ovary 2-4-carpellate, mostly 3-carpellate, with carpels 0.6-0.8 by 0.3-0.4 mm, ± densely strigose-hirsute, each with 4 ovules;
Fruit with fruitlets each c. 3 by 1.2 mm, with few seeds.
Seeds including wings c. 1.5 mm long by 0.4 mm diameter, smooth.