a shrub or small tree, 10–15 ft. high; branchlets ferruginous-pubescent; leaves elliptic and oblong-elliptic, very shortly acuminate, rounded at the base, 2–4 in. long, 1–2 1/2 in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous or almost so above, pubescent on the nerves and veins below; lateral nerves extending to the margin but often branching, slightly oblique, 7–9 on each side; tertiary nerves wavy, somewhat lax; petiole 1 1/2–3 lin. long, tomentose; stipules lanceolate, acute, about 3 lin. long, pubescent; bracts ovate-lanceolate, pubescent; male flowers: sepals ovate-lanceolate, subacute and very slightly hooded at the apex, pubescent outside with long adpressed hairs; petals small, obovate, toothed; disc thick, wrinkled; rudimentary ovary subentire; female flowers: sepals as in the male; petals lanceolate, acute; disc bottle-shaped, enclosing the ovary, lobed, long-pubescent outside; ovary-ovoid; styles 2, bipartite; fruit 1-celled, ovoid-oblong, 3–4 lin. long, 2 1/2 lin. in diam. null
