Branchlets nodose, about 1 1/4 lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, puberulous in a young state, quickly becoming glabrous, densely lenticellate. Leaves opposite, lanceolate, obtuse, cuneate into the base, 2–2 1/2 in. long, 8–11 lin. broad, coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves oblique, raised on both surfaces; petiole 2 1/2–4 lin. long. Peduncle 1 lin. long; pedicels 5/8– 3/4 lin. long, sparingly puberulous; bract lanceolate from a cup-shaped base, with a long subulate dorsal horn, 3/4–1 lin. long without the horn, 1 1/4–2 lin. long including the horn, 3/8 lin. broad, ciliate, ventral margin 1/6 lin. long. Receptacle under 1/2 lin. long, glabrous. Calyx 1/8– 1/6 lin. long, slightly lobed, ciliate. Corolla red, 6 1/2–7 lin. long, sparingly puberulous outside, with 5 appendages inside inserted 3/4–1 lin. above the base, appendages alternating with the corolla-lobes, deflexed, triangular, pilose; lobes remaining connate in a single piece, pilose within below the insertion of the stamens on the adnate part of the filament and the margins. Filaments glabrous, broadened upwards; anthers oblong-linear, 3/4 lin. long; connective emarginate-bicuspidate. Disc about 1/8 lin. high, hardly lobed.
