Centrolepis glabra

Leaves (5–)12–25 mm long, ± erect, straight, thread-like and reddish, glabrous. Inflorescence borne on an axis 2–25(–40 )mm long, hence flowers mostly held above the leaves; bracts glabrous. Lower bract with a narrow, papery basal sheath 2–3.8 mm long, tapering into a straight lamina 0.4–3 mm long. Upper bract with a narrow, papery basal sheath 2–3 mm long; lamina not distinct from sheath; apex acute. Inflorescence units 3 or 4 per head-like cluster. Stamens (absent or) 1 per inflorescence unit, fused at base to each axis bearing carpels. Carpels 3–7(–8) in subopposite to alternate pairs; styles c. 1–1.8 mm long, almost or totally free. Flowers Sep.–Dec.