a shrub 4–8 ft. high, leafless when in flower; branches succulent, stout, glabrous except at the very tips when young; leaves obovate to oblong, subacute or obtuse, acute or subacuminate at the base, 2–3 in. long, 9–15 lin. broad, subcoriaceous; midrib rather thin; nerves faint, though usually distinct, very oblique; petiole 1–2 lin. long; cymes much contracted, 5–15-flowered, terminal, sessile, preceded by more or less numerous deciduous triangular indurated bud-scales, hairy; bracts lanceolate, 2–3 lin. long; pedicels up to 2 lin. long; calyx 3–4 lin. long, hairy; sepals lanceolate; corolla white or pink, conspicuously cuspidate in bud; infra-staminal part of the tube 3–4 lin. long, with 5 hairy lines descending almost to the middle, glabrous below, supra-staminal part funnel-shaped, villous within, 9–12 lin. long; throat-scales small, confluent and forming an obversely triangular pocket; lobes broad ovate, shortly acuminate and conspicuously cuspidate; anthers 3 lin. long, densely villous; apical tails exserted; follicles reflexed, spindle-shaped, finely tomentose, 7 lin. long; seeds 6 lin. long, coma 15 lin. long. null
