Branchlets stout, 1 1/2–1 3/4 lin. in diam. 6 in. below the apex, younger ones more or less compressed, smooth, tawny, older ones terete, longitudinally cracked, darker; internodes 3/4–2 1/2 in. long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, elliptic or obovate-elliptic, rounded at the apex, obtuse or subcuneate at the base, 2 1/2–3 1/2 in. long, 1 1/4–1 3/4 in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves about 4 on each side, rather oblique, slightly raised on the upper surface, indistinct on the lower; petioles stout, channelled, 3–4 lin. long. Heads axillary, 3–4-flowered; peduncle stout, 2 3/4–3 1/2 lin. long; sockets bowl-shaped, 1/2 lin. deep, glabrous; bract cupular, truncate, 2–2 1/4 lin. long, glabrous, slightly umbonate, margin 1 1/2–1 5/8 lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together tubular, 3 1/2–3 3/4 lin. long, glabrous. Calyx truncate, 2 3/4 lin. long. Corolla 2 1/2–3 in. long; tube not obviously swollen at the base, lower half cylindric, upper half cylindric-funnel-shaped; lobes erect, linear, slightly broadened at the insertion of the filaments, 3/4–1 in. long. Filaments inserted 6–7 lin. below the apex of the corolla-lobes, tapering upwards from a broad base, 3 1/2–3 3/4 lin. long, deflexed, tooth obtuse, 1/8 lin. long; anthers linear, 1 5/8–1 7/8 lin. long, slightly retuse. Disc not distinctly lobed, 1/8 lin. high. Style conspicuously skittle-shaped above, neck 2 1/2 lin. long.