Young branchlets slender, densely and shortly pilose, adult ones stout, terete, 1 1/2–3 1/2 lin. in diam., greyish, rather prominently lenticellate; internodes 3/4–1 1/2 in. long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, elliptic or ovate-oblong, obtuse or rounded at the apex, obtuse or subcuneate at the base, 2/3–1 1/4 in. long, 1/3– 3/4 in. broad, coriaceous, more or less pilose, especially on the lower surface; lateral nerves about 3 on each side, arcuate, ascending, raised on both surfaces; petiole 1 1/2–2 1/2 lin. long, densely and shortly pilose. Umbels subsessile; peduncle 1 lin. long; pedicels 3/4– 7/8 lin. long; bract oblong or lanceolate-oblong from a flat circular base, keeled, 7/8–1 lin. long, keel more or less produced above into a short horn. Receptacle and calyx together 1 1/2 lin. long, densely greyish-pilose in a young state. Corolla 7 lin. long, pilose outside, and pilose on the adnate part of the filaments; tube 1 1/4 lin. long, with 5 appendages inserted below the middle, appendages alternating with the corolla-lobes, deflexed, triangular, pilose; lobes ciliate on their inner margin, upper enlarged part of the lobes 1 1/2–2 lin. long, 3/4 lin. broad. Anthers linear, 7/8–1 lin. long; connective produced beyond the cells, emarginate-bicuspidate.
