Species Descriptions

Male flowers: pedicel 0.5 mm long. Sepals 4, unequal, two outer segments oblong, 2.5 x 1 mm, two inner segments elliptic, 2 x 0.6 mm. Corolla greenish yellow, 7 mm long, tube 4.5 mm long, 4-lobed. Stamens 4, slightly unequal, two 4 mm long, and two 3 mm long; anthers 1.5 – 1.7 mm long. Pistillode with 2 styles c. 6 mm long each with branched stigma lobes. Female flowers: Pedicel 10 – 15 mm long, elongating to 22 mm long in fruit. Sepals 4, unequal, two outer segments fused to form a circular cup, whitish cream or yellowish green, glabrous, 14 – 18 mm wide and 10 mm deep, conspicuously reticulately veined; two inner segments small, obovate, 0.6 – 1 x 0.8 – 1.3 mm. Fruiting calyx segments usually fused for more than two thirds of their length on the sides, 10 – 35 mm wide and 10 – 13 mm deep, attached to the pedicel on top or fused for 1 – 2 mm, rarely 4 mm, 10 – 13 mm deep; two inner segments, suborbicular, 0.7 – 1 x 0.5 – 1 mm. Corolla 6 – 7.5 mm long, tube 3 – 4 mm long, 4-lobed, each lobe 3 – 4 x 2.5 mm, sparingly pilose on the outside or only at tips. Ovary 2-locular, with 2 ovules in each locule. Styles 2, free, 2.5 – 3.5 mm long with branched stigmas. Staminodes 4, dilated at the base, two 4.5 mm long, and two c. 3.5 mm long.

Male flowers: Pedicels 2 - 3 mm long. Sepals 5, ± equal, c. 2.5 x 0.7 mm, elliptic, pubescent on the outside and margins, rounded at the apex. Corolla white, 8 - 8.5 mm long, tube 4.5 mm long, 5-lobed, each lobe c. 4 x 2 - 2.5 mm, pubescent on the outside. Stamens 5, + equal, with filaments slightly dilated at the base, 4 - 4.5 mm long; anthers 1.5 mm long. Rudimentary ovaries 2, with styles separated to the base, 2 mm long. Female flower: Pedicels 3 - 4.5 mm long extending to 6 mm in fruit. Sepals 5, unequal, 2 outer ones c. 6 - 8 x 3.5 - 5 mm, middle one 3 x 1.5 mm, 2 inner ones 1.5 x 1 mm. Corolla white, 6 mm long; tube 3 - 5 mm long, 5-lobed, each lobe 2.5 x 1 - 1.5 mm long with retuse apex. Ovary pilose, 2 mm long, 2-locular, 2 ovules per locule; styles 2, 3 mm long with branched stigma c. 2.5 mm wide; staminodes 5, ± equal, 3.5 - 4 mm long, dilated at the base. Fruiting calyx lobes 5, unequal, pubescent on the outside and inside, 2 outer ones larger, ovate, cordate 10.5 - 16 x 8 - 13.5 mm rounded to retuse at the apex, middle one 5.5 - 6 x 2.5 - 5 mm, 2 inner ones 3 - 4.5 x 1 - 2 mm.