Racemes cauliflorous , often on old woody stems , 3-5-flowered , rachis short .

茎生花的总状花序，通常在老的木质茎，3-5花，轴短。

Flowers unisexual , solitary or fascicled , or in axillary cymes , or terminal or cauliflorous racemelike thyrses .

花单性，单生或者簇生，或者为腋生的聚伞花序，或者顶生或茎生的总状聚伞圆锥花序。

Inflorescences axillary , ramiflorous , cauliflorous , or terminal , simple or rarely compound , with flowers borne laterally either in pairs or sometimes singly , racemose , sometimes spicate , paniculate , or condensed into a head ; bracts subtending flower pairs usually small , sometimes accrescent and woody ; floral bracts usually minute or absent .

腋生的花序，枝花，茎生花，或者顶生，单和很少复合，苞片与花对生通常小，有时增大并且木质化；花的苞片通常小或者无。