Branchlets slender, leafy, purplish when dry, finely and rather sparingly hispid when young. Leaves linear-lanceolate, gradually obtusely acuminate, rounded or obtuse at the base, 3 1/2–4 1/2 in. long, 3/4–1 1/4 in. broad, entire, thinly chartaceous, moderately scabrous on both surfaces; midrib prominent on both surfaces, narrow above, broader below, about 1/2 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to the apex of the leaf-blade; lateral nerves 9–10 on each side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 75–90°, distinct on both surfaces, prominent below, straight or nearly so up to near the margin, and then continued parallel to the margin and joined with the next nerve; tertiary nerves very lax and reticulate, prominent below; veins very faint below; petiole comparatively short, 2–3 lin. long, slightly setulose-pubescent; stipules caducous, linear-lanceolate, subacute, 1 1/4 lin. long, coriaceous, glabrous or nearly so. Receptacles axillary, solitary, pedunculate, subglobose, about 1/2 in. in diam., shortly setulose; peduncle about 4 lin. long, slender, setulose, with 2–3 small scattered bracts. Ostiole fairly prominent, with several bracts visible from the outside, the inner bracts spreading horizontally across the orifice. Male flowers long-pedicellate; pedicel glabrous; perianth-segments lanceolate, subacute, membranous, glabrous; stamen solitary; anther obtuse. Female flowers shortly pedicellate; achene smooth; style slender. Gall flowers pedicellate.
