Helixanthera sessiliflora
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Description
Glabrous.
Leaves opposite; lamina elliptic to obovate, 6-12 by 3-7 cm, cuneate to attenuate at the base to a petiole 5-10 mm long, obtuse or rounded at the apex, dull on both sides; venation pinnate with the midrib prominent and the main laterals somewhat curvinerved and faintly visible on both sides.
Inflorescences at the nodes, a dense many- flowered spike; axis 20-40 mm long; bracts rounded, very concave, appressed to the axis, c. 0.8 mm long.
Ovary shortly campanulate, c. 1 mm long; calyx limb erect, c. 0.2 mm long.