A glabrous, erect shrub, 6–8 ft. high; branches slender, terete, very pallid. Leaves elliptic or oblong to lanceolate, acuminate or acute at both ends, rarely obtuse, 3–8 in. long, 1–3 in. broad, herbaceous to papery; secondary nerves 6–8 on each side; petiole 2–6 lin. long. Inflorescences few- to 10-flowered, umbelliform (at least when young); peduncle from a few lines to 1 in. long; bracts ovate-oblong or lanceolate, acuminate, 1–3 lin. long; pedicels 1–4 lin. long, slender. Calyx 3–6 lin. long; sepals broad-oblong, obtuse or acute. Corolla white, very fragrant; tube cylindric, slender, constricted below the middle, 1 1/4–1 1/2 in. long, rarely shorter; lobes obliquely obovate, very broad, slightly shorter than the tube. Stamens inserted 5–6 lin. above the base; anthers 2 1/2 lin. long. Disc small, cupshaped, lobed. Style 4 lin. long; stigma clavate, with a 5-grooved thickening at the base. Berries divaricate, obliquely ellipsoid with a recurved beak, 1–1 1/2 in. long, tardily dehiscent (?). Seeds semi-ellipsoid, 3 lin. long; testa deeply honeycombed, brown.
