• Scientific Name: Spiradiclis emeiensis H.S.Lo
• Ref: Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1:36. 1983
• Chinese Common Name: 峨眉螺序草 Éméi luóxù∙cǎo
• Family: Rubiaceae
• Genus: Spiradiclis
• Distribution: Dense forests. Sichuan, Yunnan.
• Photo: 07/25/2012, Mt. Emei, Sichuan

Herbs, decumbent, rather fleshy, presumably perennial; stems densely pubescent. Petiole 1-4 cm, densely pubescent; leaf blade drying thinly papery, grayish green, ovate to elliptic, 4-9 × 2-4 cm, both surfaces sparsely pubescent or often densely so along abaxial veins, base cuneate then often decurrent, apex acute to obtuse; secondary veins 9-12 pairs; stipules persistent, deltoid, acuminate. Inflorescence cymose to subcapitate, villous; peduncle 0.1-0.5 cm; branched portion 1-2 cm, with axes dichasial; bracteoles subulate, 1.5-2 mm. Flowers subsessile. Calyx pilosulous to villous; hypanthium portion ellipsoid-cylindrical, ca. 1.5 mm; limb deeply lobed; lobes triangular-lanceolate, ca. 1 mm. Corolla white, urceolate-tubular, white villous outside; tube 3.5-4 mm; lobes lanceolate to elliptic, 2-2.5 mm. Capsules narrowly ellipsoid, ca. 6 × 3 mm, pilosulous to villous, valves 4, becoming slightly twisted. Fl. Jun, fr. Aug. (Flora of China)