A small shrub; branchlets crisped-puberulous. Leaves ovate, caudate-acuminate, rounded and subentire at the base, 1 1/4–2 1/4 in. long, 3/4–1 1/2 in. broad, crenate-serrate, membranous, pubescent on the lower surface, sparingly so on the nerves above, digitately 3–5-nerved at the base, remaining lateral nerves 3–4 on each side, very slightly raised on each surface; petiole 3/4–1 1/2 in. long, crisped-pubescent; stipules linear-lanceolate, acute, 1 1/2 lin. long, sparingly pubescent on the outside. Flowers monœcious, on separate inflorescences. Male inflorescences lateral, axillary, solitary, 1 1/2–2 1/2 in. long; axis pubescent. Male buds nearly glabrous. Female inflorescence terminal, about 1 1/4 in. long (seen only in a young state). Bracts obovate-cuneate, caudate-acuminate, about 2/3 lin. long, about 5-toothed on each side of the acumen, glabrous inside, villous outside, with several stipitate glands on the teeth. Sepals lanceolate, ciliate, nearly enveloping the ovary. Ovary small, pubescent in the upper part, not glandular; styles 3, bilobed to near their middle, not laciniate. Fruits and seeds not seen.
