An erect shrub, the main branches terete, the young ones densely clothed with yellowish-brown tomentum. Petioles 1 in. long, slightly tomentose; leaves ovate, 2–3 in. long, acute, the base subcuneate, thin, subcoriaceous, upper surface quite glabrous when mature, lower a little tomentose. Flowers 6–9 in lax long-stalked axillary racemes. Bracts linear-oblong, 5–8 lines long, scarious, striated, deciduous. Lower pedicels ascending 4–6 lines long, the upper ones much shorter. Calyx 3–4 lines deep, membranous, glabrous, with a pair of small deciduous membranous tomentose bracteoles at the base. Corolla slightly exceeding the calyx, the standard suborbicular, 3/8– 5/8 in. broad, equalling the wings and keel. Ovary sessile, linear, slightly silky, 4-ovulate. Pod not seen.
