branches glabrous, twigs very thinly downy; leaves opposite, elliptical and oblong, obtuse, sub-recurved at the margin, obsoletely glandular-crenulate, minutely downy or glabrous, minutely punctate beneath; peduncles axillary, one-flowered, solitary or in pairs, shorter or longer than the leaf, densely racemose towards the ends of the branches; calyx segments minute, ovate, sub-rotund, obtuse; sterile fil. pubescent beyond the middle; style glabrous.A shrub 2 or more feet high, with opposite or whorled branches and twigs. Leaves opp., or 3–4 in a whorl, sometimes alternate on young shoots, spreading, on the stem and branches 4–6 lines long, 2 wide, on the twigs, or on dwarf specimens, 2–3 lines long, 1–1 1/2 wide, all narrower towards the obtuse point, pale and one-nerved beneath. Petioles very short. Twigs leafy, floriferous towards the apex. Peduncles glabrous, mostly longer than the leaf. Calyx 1/2 line long, glabrous or downy. Petals oblong, 2 lines long, white, reddish underneath. Stam. longer than the petals, the filaments glabrous, 4 times longer than the sterile. Capsule 2 lines long, with erecto-patent horns 1 line long.— null