Australian shrub having simple obovate leaves and brilliant scarlet flowers 澳大利亚的一种灌木，具有倒卵形的叶和绚丽的深红色的花。
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Plant monoecious : staminate flowers on obovoid or club - shaped stiff spikes , 1 . 5 - 2 cm long ; pistilate flowers in a dense globose head 雌雄同株：雄花序倒卵形或棒状，长1 . 5 - 2厘米；雌花序圆头状。
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Fruit an aggregate , spicate , 10 - 12 cm long ; follicles long ellipsoid , obovoid or ovoid , apex obtuse or abruptly mucronate 聚合果长10 - 12厘米，穗状； ? ?长圆形、倒卵形或卵形，顶端圆钝或具短凸尖。
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Leaves leathery , ovate , obovate , elliptic or obovate - elliptic , 4 - 9 cm long and 1 - 4 cm wide , with 3 - 6 obtuse teeth on each side ; abaxially with tufts of hairs at axils of veins ; lateral nerves 7 - 10 pairs 叶革质，卵形、倒卵形至椭圆形或倒卵状椭圆形，长4 - 9厘米，宽1 - 4厘米，每边有3 - 6钝齿，侧脉7 - 10对，背面脉腋有小毛丛。
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Leaves bipinnate , 10 - 25 cm long , usually with 2 pairs of pinnae , rachis often ending in a tendril ; pinnae with 2 - 4pairs of leaflets and terminal tendrils ; leaflets opposite , oblong or long obovate , 3 - 9cm long , 1 . 5 - 4cm wide , apex obtuse or emarginated , base slightly oblique 叶为二回羽状复叶，长10 - 25厘米，叶轴先端常变为?须，羽片通常2对，顶生1对羽片变为?须；小叶2 - 4对，对生，长椭圆形或长倒卵形，长3 - 9厘米，宽1 . 5 - 4厘米，先端钝、微凹，基部略偏斜。
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Leaves thick leathery , obovate - lanceolate , obovate or oblong - lanceolate , 4 - 12 cm long and 2 - 3 . 5 cm wide , apex rounded , sometimes emarginated , base cuneate , abaxial surface thinly covered with a grayish to fawn indumentum at first , later glabrescent ; petiole 1 - 1 . 5 cm long , glabrescent 叶厚革质，倒卵状披针形、倒卵形或长圆状披针形，长4 - 12厘米，宽2 - 3 . 5厘米，顶端近圆形，有时微缺，基部楔形，下面初时薄被灰白色或淡土黄色丛卷毛，后近无毛；叶柄长1 - 1 . 5厘米，后近无毛。
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Flowers solitary and terminal , white , 10 - 14 cm in diam . , sessile ; bracts and sepals leathery , orbicular , covered with grayish silky hairs outside ; petals 8 , broadly obovate , 5 - 7 cm long , glabrous , basal 1 . 5 cm connate ; stamens in many whorls , 2 . 5 cm long , distinct , glabrous ; ovary hairy , 5 - locular , styles 2 cm long , apex 5 - lobed 花白色，单生于枝顶，直径10 - 14厘米，无柄；苞片及萼片圆形，革质，外被灰色绢毛；花瓣8 ，阔倒卵形，长5 - 7厘米，无毛，基部连生约1 . 5厘米；雄蕊多轮，长2 . 5厘米，离生，无毛；子房有毛， 5室，花柱长2厘米，先端5浅裂。
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Leaves alternate , thinly leathery , obovate , narrowly obovate or oblong - obovate , 6 . 5 - 16 cm long and 3 . 5 - 6 . 5 cm wide , apex abruptly short acuminate , or acuminate , base cuneate or broadly cuneate , dark green and glossy above , glaucous beneath ; petioles 1 . 5 - 2 . 5 cm long , without stipular scars 叶互生，薄革质，倒卵形或长圆状倒卵形，长6 . 5 - 16厘米，宽3 . 5 - 6 . 5厘米，先端骤狭短渐尖或渐尖，基部楔形或阔楔形，上面深绿色，具光泽，下面被白粉；叶柄长1 . 5 - 2 . 5厘米，无托叶痕。
