glabrous; branches rather stout, very nodose, greyish-brown, rather densely lenticellate, the leafless parts bearing the inflorescences 2–2 1/2 lin. in diam.; branchlets smooth, brown, about 1 1/2 lin. in diam. 6 in. below the apex; internodes 1/3–1 1/4 in. long; leaves opposite, petioled, oblong-lanceolate, straight or slightly curved, 3–4 1/4 in. long, 5–10 lin. broad, obtuse at the apex or apiculate, gradually narrowed into the base, rigidly coriaceous, penninerved, lateral nerves oblique, more or less raised on both surfaces or indistinct, midrib distinctly raised; petiole 4–5 lin. long; umbels axillary, solitary or geminate on the leafless parts of the branches, or borne singly on the branchlets, 2-flowered; peduncle stout, 1 1/2–3 lin. long, receptacular portion bordered by a thin margin 1/3 lin. broad; pedicels about 1 lin. long, very stout; bract subcupular, 2-lipped, dorsal lip erect, 1 1/4–1 1/2 lin. long, rounded, ventral lip patulous, 3/8 lin. long, truncate; flowers pentamerous; receptacle and calyx together campanulate, much expanded above the middle, 3 lin. long; receptacle 1 3/4 lin. long, 1 1/4 lin. in diam.; calyx cupular, truncate, 1 1/4–1 1/2 lin. long, 2 1/4 lin. in diam.; corolla yellow (Galpin), about 3 in. long, linear in bud, very slightly clavate above; tube pentagonal, not inflated at the base, gradually broadened from below the middle to the apex, not splitting unilaterally; lobes 1 3/4 in. long, 1 1/4 lin. broad, linear-oblanceolate, acute, reflexed 2 1/2–3 lin. above their base; stamens crimson (Galpin); filaments inserted 1 1/2 lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, erect, about 10 lin. long, under 1/2 lin. broad; anthers linear, slightly broadened upwards 8 lin. long, connective truncate; disc sunk, pentagonal, 3/8 lin. high; stigma broadly ovoid, 3/4 lin. long. null
