unarmed, glabrous; leaves shortly petiolate, obovate or elliptical, subacute at the base, shining above, paler below, few-nerved; cymes axillary, trichotomous, many-flowered, shorter or equalling the leaves; peduncles, pedicels, and calyx glabrous; corolla glabrous, lobes revolute; style exserted; stigma mitre-formed. Shrub or tree 12–15 feet high, with tetragonal subcompressed branches. Stipules cuspidate. Leaves 1–2 inches long, with revolute margins, and a gland at the base of the lateral nerves. Cymes pedunculate. Calyx 1 line long, with very short teeth. Corolla 2 lines long, 5, rarely 4-parted, the lobes acute; the inner surface of the tube and throat hairy. Anthers subsessile, exserted. Style much exserted. Fruit the size of a large pea, roundish, subcompressed, 1–2-seeded.
