A nearly quite glabrous herb; stem simple, about 4 1/2 in. high, erect, leafless. Flowers several, forming a short terminal raceme. Pedicels 2–2 1/2 lin. long. Calyx tubular-campanulate, oblique, 11–15 lin. long, 5–6 lin. broad at the top of the tube, very sparingly pulverulent; lobes triangular, 3–4 1/2 lin. long, 1 1/2–3 lin. broad at the base, acute or shortly acuminate, very minutely few-toothed. Corolla 1 1/2–1 3/4 in. long; tube funnel-shaped, curved, about 1/6 in. broad near the base, 1/2 in. broad at the apex; limb about 1 in. in diam.; lobes short and broad. Style nearly 2 in. long; stigma suborbicular, about 1 1/4 lin. in diam.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Usambara; Lutindi, Liebusch!