An hispidulous or scabrid bush of 12 ft. high, with resinous secretion; branches often ternate, leafy towards the extremities. Leaves obovate, cuspidate, narrowed towards the oblique subsessile base, 1–2 1/2 by 3/4–1 1/3 in.; lateral veins opaque, rather close, parallel; stipules shortly sheathing. Flowers solitary, terminal, about 1 in. long, pentamerous, shortly pedunculate; peduncle slender, girt by the uppermost stipules. Calyx shortly hairy, about 2/5 in. long, persistent, with short subglobose tube; lobes subfoliaceous, linear or linear-oblong, 1/3 in. long, obtuse. Corolla salver-shaped, fragrant, puberulous; lobes oval, obtuse, dextrorsely contorted in bud, white, turning yellowish, 1/3 in. long. Fruit globose, 1/3– 1/2 in. diameter, puberulous; pericarp thin; placentas 2.
