Perennials with decumbent or scramÂbling branches up to 0,25 m long, much branched mainly from base, with fibrous roots. Leaves oblanceolate, rarely obovate, 30-55(-60) x 14-20(-25) mm, cuneate, usuÂally acute, dorsiventrally flattened and with horny margins usually up to the middle, pale green to yellowish green with a moderate bloom and irregular reddish spots present or absent. Inflorescence a spike-like, thyrse with l(-2)-flowered cymes, 0,15-0,25 m long, white; pedicels 4H5 mm long. Buds teÂrete and slightly longitudinally grooved, gradually tapering towards apex, at first erect, later spreading. Calyx 2-3 mm long, white. Corolla with cylindrical tube 9-11 mm long, apple-green and covered with a thick bloom; lobes lanceolate-triangular, 3-4 mm long, acute, rough and with club-shaped trichomes in throat, pale yellow ofÂten tinged pink. Anthers included. Squamae transversely oblong, 1-1,3 x 1,3-1,6 mm, slightly emarginate, broadest at about the middle. Fig. 4:5. mm long, apple-green and covered with a thick bloom; lobes lanceolate-triangular, 3-4 mm long, acute, rough and with club-shaped trichomes in throat, pale yellow ofÂten tinged pink. Anthers included. Squamae transversely oblong, 1-1,3 x 1,3-1,6 mm, slightly emarginate, broadest at about the middle. Fig. 4:5.
