A small tree 15 ft. high; young branchlets deeply grooved, sparingly setulose; internodes 1 1/2–2 in. long. Leaves oblong or oblong-elliptic, acutely cuspidate-acuminate, slightly cuneate and unequal at the base, one half of the blade produced 1 lin. below the other, 6–12 in. long, 2–3 1/2 in. broad, subentire, rigidly membranous, closely reticulate, glabrous and shining on both surfaces; lateral nerves 7–10 on each side, arcuate, distinctly looped and reticulate some distance from the margin, distinct on both sides, more prominent below; tertiary nerves very few, reticulate; petiole 1 1/2–3 lin. long, sparingly setulose; stipules ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, almost glabrous, 3–4 lin. long, 1 1/2 lin. broad. Male flowers not known. Female fascicles produced on the old wood; bracts ovate, pubescent; pedicel about 2 lin. long, glabrous. Sepals orbicular, about 2 lin. in diam., coriaceous, glabrous except at the membranous minutely ciliolate margin. Disk cupular, 1/2 lin. high, nearly enveloping the ovary, glabrous, 5-lobed; lobes quadrangular, crenulate at the top, 1/2 lin. broad. Ovary depressed, nearly hidden by the stigmas and disk, glabrous; stigmas 2, sessile, very large, reniform, entire, yellow, glabrous, completely covering the top of the ovary. Fruit not known.
