a low much branched undershrub, 1–2 ft. high; branches angular, pubescent along 2 opposite lines alternating in successive internodes; internodes 1/4– 1/2 in. long; leaves whorled, rarely opposite, crowded, imbricate, sessile, oblong, cuneate and entire towards the base, acutely 3–7-toothed at the rounded apex, thick, coriaceous, puberulous on the midrib beneath near the base, otherwise glabrous, punctate-glandular, 1/2– 3/4 in. long, 3–5 lin. broad; raceme puberulous, 2–3 in. long, bearing numerous white flowers; bracts linear-lanceolate, acute, glabrous or sparsely puberulous, with ciliate margins, 3 lin. long, about 1 lin. broad; bracteoles subulate, ciliate, 1 lin. long; calyx-tube 5-toothed, glabrous without, minutely puberulous within, 3 1/2–4 lin. long; teeth subequal, triangular-subulate, ciliate, 1/2 lin. long; corolla-tube curved, glabrous without, softly hairy in the throat, about 3/4 in. long; lobes oblong, obtuse, glabrous, 2 lin. long; filaments glandular-puberulous; fruit oblong, black when ripe, 1 1/2–2 lin. long, 1–1 1/4 lin. broad, with the posterior face strongly curved, longitudinally grooved and finely reticulate; areole on the anterior face, oblong, surrounded by an entire bevelled margin, about 1 1/2 lin. long. null
