Monotoca scoparia

Lignotuberous shrub to c. 2 m high; branchlets sparsely hispidulous to glabrous. Leaves narrowly oblong to elliptic, c. 7–16(–22)mm long, 1–3 mm wide, mucronate, convex, glabrous, lower surface dull pale green to whitish; margins usually recurved, smooth; petiole often puberulous abaxially when young. Flowers 2–9 in axillary spikes, or the lowermost solitary, subsessile; lowermost spikes with peduncle 0–0.6 mm long, usually with 1–4 sterile bracts; bracts, bracteoles and sepals obtuse; bracts persistent, 0.3–0.9 mm long; bracteoles 0.7–1.2 mm long; sepals 0.9–1.9 mm long; corolla whitish-cream, campanulate, 1.3–2.8 mm long in female flowers; 2–4 mm long in males; lobes glabrous to papillose, shorter than or rarely equal to the tube; anthers 1.1–2.1 mm long, usually enclosed within or half-exserted from corolla tube; ovary plus style 0.8–1.4 mm long. Fruit ovoid to c. spherical, 2.5–3.5 mm long, pale yellow at maturity. Flowers Dec.–Aug.