Branchlets quadrangular, shortly brownish-tomentose, at length nearly glabrous. Leaves when young very different from the adult stage; young leaves narrowly oblanceolate, rounded at the apex, slightly narrowed to an obtuse base, 1–1 1/2 in. long, 1/3– 1/2 in. broad, entire, chartaceous, becoming almost black on the upper surface when dry, rather finely reticulate and brown below, with about 9 pairs of lateral nerves; mature leaves rigidly coriaceous, oblong-oblanceolate, slightly truncate or rounded at the apex, obtuse at the base, 1 1/2–2 1/2 in. long, 3/4–1 in. broad, entire, light green on both surfaces when dry, shining above; midrib flat or very slightly immersed above, slightly raised below, 1/2 lin. broad at the base, gradually narrowed to the apex, bifurcate about 1/4 in. from the apex; lateral nerves 9–11 on each side, very slightly immersed above, slightly prominent below, diverging from the midrib at an angle of 45°, looped, the loops forming a crenate intramarginal nerve about 3/4 lin. from the margin; tertiary nerves and veins very few, scarcely evident; petiole 3–4 lin. long, of the young leaves rather slender, glabrous, of the mature leaves about 3/4 lin. thick; stipules persistent or subpersistent, ovate, acutely acuminate, about 2 lin. long and 1 1/2 lin. broad, membranous, pubescent when young, soon becoming glabrous or nearly so. Receptacles crowded towards the apex of each shoot, sessile, ovoid-globose, about 2 1/2 lin. in diam., minutely and softly puberulous; ostiole not prominent. Basal bracts 3, broadly ovate or suborbicular, rounded at the apex, about 3/4 lin. long and broad, membranous, thinly pubescent outside. Ostiolar bracts all pointing straight into the receptacle, the middle two much larger than the others, linear-oblong, obtuse, 1 1/6 lin. long, membranous, the others about two-thirds as long, subulate or subulate-lanceolate, acute, membranous. Male flowers not seen. Female flowers numerous, subsessile; perianth very thin, enclosing the style, but not the rather large oblong stigma. Receptacular scales few, subulate, very acute, 3/4 lin. long, membranous.
