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Inflorescences in axillary glomeruli 7-10 mm in diameter; outer bracts 3.5-4 \u00d7 3.5-4 mm, orbicular, glabrous, or with a fine applied indumentum. Pedicel up to 2.5 mm in male flowers. Female flowers sessile. Tepals triangular, in male flowers 3.5-4.5 \u00d7 2-2.5 mm, subequal, glabrous; in female flowers <em>c.<\/em> 4 \u00d7 2 mm, keeled. Stamens with filament 4-6 mm; anthers 2-2.5 mm. Stigmas subcircinate. Fruit a spherical capsule (10-14 \u00d7 6-9 mm), coriaceous, subglaucous; fruiting stigmas 4-6 mm, incurved, suberect in their lower half, more than 1\/4 of the capsule\u2019s length. 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