shrubby, erect; branches densely hirsute; leaves sessile, oblong or sub-lanceolate, entire or denticulate at the point, stellato-hispid on both sides; stipules leafy, 2/3 as long as leaf, cordate-acuminate, ciliate and stellato-hispid; peduncles racemose, short, 1–2 flowered; bracts ovato-lanceolate; calyx campanulate, densely stellato-tomentose, 5-fid, the segment deltoid-acuminate; petals about twice as long as calyx, the hispid and ciliate claw equalling the ovate limb; fil. linear-cuneiform, much longer than the anthers; ovary ovoid, pubescent at the angles. Drege, 7276. Very rough in all parts with tufted, patent hairs, but only tomentose on the calyx. Leaves crowded, erect, not 1/2 inch long, about 1/3 longer than the leaf-like stipules. Flowers orange. Chiefly known from H. scabra by the sessile leaves and large stipules.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Near the mouth of the Zwartkops, Uitenhage, E. & Z.! near the mouth of the Orange River, Drege! (Herb. Hook., Sond.)