A pendulous bush, 2–2 1/3 ft. long. Branches pendulous, terete, stout, nodose, nearly 3 lin. in diam. 12–14 in. below the apex, rusty-tomentose with much-branched hairs in a young state, glabrous when adult, dark grey or brown, coarsely lenticellate, lenticels numerous, oblong. Leaves ovate, ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse at the apex, rounded, subtruncate or sometimes emarginate at the base, 4–4 3/4 in. long, 2–2 1/3 in. broad, coriaceous, pubescent above in a young state, quickly becoming glabrous, rusty-tomentellous beneath, lateral nerves slightly raised on the upper surface, not visible on the lower; petioles stout, channelled above, 7–10 lin. long, tomentellous with branched hairs. Umbels axillary, subsessile, few-flowered; pedicels 1/2– 3/4 lin. long, rusty-tomentellous; bract sharply ascending, subfoliaceous, oblong or elliptic-oblong, rounded at the apex, 2 1/2–3 lin. long, 1–1 1/4 lin. broad, tomentellous outside, puberulous or nearly glabrous inside. Receptacle subcylindric, slightly narrowed downwards, 3/4 lin. long, rusty-villous. Calyx obsolete. Corolla about 1 3/4 in. long, apical swelling ovoid, subacute, 2 lin. long, pentagonal, angles ribbed; tube split unilaterally 8–9 lin. down, very slightly enlarged towards the base, rusty-tomentellous outside with short much-branched hairs, densely glandular within, red with yellow stripes; lobes erect, spathulate, 7 lin. long, upper enlarged part 2 lin. long, hardly 3/4 lin. broad. Filaments inserted 1/2 lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, 5 lin. long; anthers oblong, slightly narrowed downwards, hardly 1 lin. long, cells 4–5 in each vertical row. Disc small, acutely pentagonal, minutely and densely rusty-pilose. Style glandular, skittle-shaped above, neck hardly 1 lin. long; stigma capitate, 1/2 lin. in diam.