A shrub, quite glabrous except the inflorescences; young branches brown, dotted with numerous lenticels. Leaves oblong or oblanceolate, obtusely acuminate (acumen linear, up to 4 lin. long), acute or subcuneate at the base, 3–3 3/4 in. long, 1–1 1/2 in. broad, slightly wavy along the margins, coriaceous, somewhat glossy above; midrib flat or slightly sunk above, prominent below; secondary nerves 9–11 on each side, straight, oblique, like the elegant reticulation raised on both sides; petiole 3–4 lin. long. Panicles compound, dense, very finely puberulous, axillary and terminal, scarcely 1 in. long; peduncle extremely short; bracts minute, ovate; pedicels 1/2– 3/4 lin. long. Calyx up to 3/4 lin. long, minutely pubescent; segments ovate, subacute, ciliolate. Corolla minutely puberulous without; tube inflated below the middle, 2–2 1/2 lin. long, pubescent within; lobes linear-oblong, as long as or slightly shorter than the tube. Stamens inserted just below the middle of the corolla-tube; anthers orbicular-elliptic, obtuse, slightly longer than the filaments, scarcely 1/4 lin. long. Ovary globose-ovoid, glabrous, 2-celled, contracted into a very short style; stigma globose-ovoid, with a minute, 2-lobed apiculus; ovules 3-seriate, 3–4 in each series.
