Branchlets rather sharply angular, somewhat slender, glabrous. Leaves elliptic or obovate-elliptic, obtusely caudate-acuminate, acumen 3/4–1 in. long, cuneate at the base, 3 1/2–6 1/2 in. long, 1 1/2–3 in. broad, entire, rigidly coriaceous, dull and glabrous on both surfaces, yellowish-brown below when dry; midrib prominent and often slightly keeled below when dry, about 1 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to the apex; lateral nerves 8–10 on each side of the midrib, diverging from it at a wide angle (about 75°), prominently looped, the loops forming a crenate intramarginal nerve about 1 1/2 lin. distant from the margin, prominent on the lower surface; tertiary nerves fairly prominent and flexuous on the lower surface, like the lateral nerves light-coloured; petiole comparatively short, 1/3–1 in. long, deeply grooved on the upper surface, glabrous; stipules persistent, lanceolate, subacute, about 1/2 in. long, more or less membranous, reddish-purple when dry, with narrow hyaline margins. Receptacles axillary, solitary (?), sessile below the basal bracts, obovoid-globose, stipitate at the base, with a very small wart-like ostiolar protuberance at the apex, glabrous; stipe stout, about 2 lin. long. Basal bracts 2, connate at the base, ovate, obtuse, about 1 1/4 lin. broad, thinly chartaceous, glabrous. Ostiole 2-lipped, minute, slightly protruding, with no bracts visible from the outside; orifice 1/3 lin. long; channel very narrow, 3 lin. long; bracts all descending, rather few, subulate, 1 lin. long, glabrous. Receptacular wall about 2 lin. thick, soft. Male flowers with a single stamen. Female flowers pedicellate; perianth-segments 3 or 4, linear, reddish, with hyaline margins, about 3/4 lin. long, glabrous; achene oblong-ellipsoid, pitted, shining; style slender, nearly as long as the achene.
