a shrub; stem and branches glabrous with the exception of the youngest parts, whitish when dry; leaves obovate-cuneate, rounded at the apex, gradually narrowed into the basal cuneate portion, 3–4 in. long, 3/4–1 1/4 in. broad, somewhat coriaceous, softly whitish-tomentose on both sides when young, ultimately more or less glabrescent, glaucous; secondary nerves oblique, faint or quite obscure, 1 1/2–2 1/2 lin. apart; petiole up to 1 1/2 lin. long; cymes terminal or pseudo-axillary, greyish-tomentose; bracts lanceolate, 2 1/2 lin. long; pedicels up to 5 lin. long; calyx 4 lin. long; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, pubescent to subtomentose; corolla pink, purple in the throat; infra-staminal part of the tube 4 lin. long, with 5 densely tomentose lines below the stamens, glabrous at the base, supra-staminal part about 1 lin. long, wide-tubular, glabrous within; throat-scales obscure; lobes rotundate-obovate, almost 1 in. long; anthers about 3 lin. long, hairy on the back, apical tails 3–5 lin. long, obtuse, densely villous. null
