Stem erect, herbaceous, hirtellous, leafy, internodes 1 in. long or less. Leaves subsessile, thin and papery when dry, lanceolate, more or less acuminate, apex blunt and obscurely mucronate, margin obscurely denticulate, 2–3 in. long, 7–8 lin. wide, scaberulous, sparsely hirtellous especially on the nerves; lateral nerves 8–12 on each side, ascending. Stipules linear-tapering to linear-lanceolate, 1 1/4–1 1/2 lin. long. Inflorescences solitary in each leaf-axil; stalk stout, about 2 1/2 lin. long; receptacle glabrescent, disc flat, orbicular, 3 1/2–4 lin. in diam., margin denticulate, bract-arms springing from below the margin, 11–15, spreading in a whorl, subequal, linear, blunt, thickening and sparsely puberulous towards the apex, 7–11 lin. long, about 1/2 lin. wide. Male flowers 2-androus with a bluntly 2-lobed perianth; female numerous; style deeply 2-lobed.