Flora of North America species comparison

erect;

branches gray-brown, glabrous;

branchlets yellow-brown, glabrous.

stipules foliaceous;

petiole 5–9 mm;

largest medial blade narrowly elliptic, 32–58 × 12–19 mm, 2–3.3 times as long as wide, base cuneate or convex, margins slightly revolute, entire, apex acute to acuminate, abaxial surface glabrous, adaxial slightly glossy, glabrous;

proximal blade margins shallowly serrulate;

juvenile blade glabrous.

abaxial nectary 0.3–0.8 mm, adaxial nectary narrowly oblong, 0.6–1 mm, nectaries distinct;

filaments distinct, glabrous;

anthers ellipsoid, shortly cylindrical, or globose, 0.4–0.7 mm.

abaxial nectary absent, adaxial nectary narrowly oblong or oblong, 0.5–1.1 mm, equal to or longer than stipe;

stipe 0.4–1.2 mm;

ovary pyriform, usually glabrous, rarely puberulent, beak slightly bulged below styles;

ovules 12 per ovary;

styles 0.6–0.8 mm;

stigmas flat, abaxially not papillate with rounded tip, or broadly cylindrical, 0.3–0.5 mm.

4.4–8 mm.

staminate 17.5–42 × 5–13 mm, flowering branchlet 6–7 mm;

pistillate moderately densely flowered, stout, 20–40 × 6–12 mm, flowering branchlet 4–7 mm;

floral bract tawny or bicolor, 1.3–2.5 mm, apex rounded, entire, abaxially glabrous.