A scandent shrub (tendrils unknown); young branches finely rufo-tomentose, glabrescent, dark greyish-brown, with scattered lenticels. Leaves oblong, acuminate, rounded at the base, about 3 1/2 in. long, 1 1/4 in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, glossy above; midrib finely channelled above, raised below; secondary nerves about 8–12 on each side, very slender, curved, passing into the fine rather inconspicuous marginal arches, slightly sunk above, prominent below; reticulation very obscure; petiole slender, about 3 lin. long. Corymbs terminal, shortly peduncled, 10–12-flowered, rusty-tomentose or villous all over; bracts ovate, subacute, caducous; pedicels very short. Calyx 2 1/2–3 lin. long, finely pubescent on both sides; sepals ovate, broad, acute, subacute, or acuminate; tips recurved; midrib raised. Corolla densely and very finely fulvo-tomentose without; tube widest at 2/3 from the base or nearly so, slender, cylindric below, 6–7 lin. long; lobes oblong-lanceolate, acute, about 7 lin. long, up to 2 lin. broad. Stamens inserted 2/3 up the tube; anthers ovate, oblong, scarcely 1 lin. long. Ovary ovoid, gradually narrowed into the filiform style, densely fulvo-villous like the base of the style; stigma cylindric, thicker and exuding a waxy substance at the base. Fruit unknown.
