A pendulous shrub, 4–10 ft. long. Internodes 1/2–1 1/2 in. long. Leaves opposite, arcuate or nearly straight, linear-lanceolate, obtuse at the apex, narrowed to the base, 5–7 1/2 in. long, 6–8 lin. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, glossy, deep green, penninerved; lateral nerves 4–5 on each side, very oblique, raised on the upper surface, less so on the lower; petiole 5–7 lin. long. Umbels axillary, ternate, 3–4-flowered; peduncle 2–2 1/2 lin. long; pedicels 3/4–1 1/4 lin. long; bract cupular, 1/2– 5/8 lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together narrowly campanulate, 2 lin. long. Calyx 1–1 1/8 lin. long, irregularly split by the basal expansion of the corolla. Corolla deep blood-red (Welwitsch), 1 2/3 in. long, depressed-truncate in bud, glabrous outside, basal swelling ellipsoid, 2 3/4 lin. long; tube split unilaterally about 7 lin. down; lobes reflexed, spathulate-linear. Filaments inserted 4 1/2 lin. below the apex of the corolla-lobes, involute, tapering upwards, 2 3/4 lin. long, tooth 1/4– 1/3 lin. long; anthers narrowly oblong, 1 1/8 lin. long. Disc lobed, 1/4 lin. high. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part about 3 lin. long, broadest below the middle.
