Shrubs up to 2 m high, little branched. Leaves opposite, oblanceolate, rarely ob-ovate, 50-90 (-110) x 20-40 mm, cuneate but with auriculate base below infloresÂcence, obtuse, mucronate or cuspidate, dor-siventrally flattened and scarcely convex on both surfaces, glabrous to more or less to-mentose, green to greyish brown and someÂtimes with reddish margin towards apex. InÂflorescence a thyrse with 3-5 dichasia, each usually with numerous flowers; peduncle 0,3-0,6 m long, glabrous or viscid. Calyx: lobes usually narrowly triangular, 6-8 mm long, acute, viscid. Corolla copper-coloured or orange and often with yellow margins; tube ampullaceous to almost cylindrical, 14—17 mm long, glabrous, rarely hairy on outside but glabrous within; lobes lanceoÂlate, recoiled. Anthers 2,2-2,5 mm long. Squamae transversely oblong, 0,4-0,6 x 1-1,3 mm, slightly emarginate, yellow.
