Branchlets puberulous, glabrescent, subterete or obtusely angular. Leaves oval, shortly acuminate, subcuneate at the base, shortly pilose on the veins beneath, 3–6 by 1 1/2–3 1/2 in.; margins narrowly reflexed; lateral veins about 9 on each side of the midrib; petiole 1/4– 1/5 in.; stipules ovate, acuminate, nearly flat, erect, ciliate, persistent, 1/2– 2/3 in. long. Flowers 1 1/2–2 1/2 in. long, subsessile, densely packed in sessile shortly pubescent cymes. Calyx-tube 1/8 in. long shortly pubescent; lobes lanceolate-oblong, subacute, ciliate, 1/2– 2/3 in. long, subfoliaceous. Corolla-lobes 1/2– 4/5 in. long, ovate, acuminate, subacute, subargenteous outside, glabrous inside; throat slightly hairy. Style included, glabrous.
