Young branchlets subangular, glabrous, older ones terete, greyish, densely lenticellate. Leaves subternate or alternate, ovate-elliptic or elliptic, obtuse or rounded at the apex, rounded or obtuse at the base, 1 3/4–2 3/4 in. long, 1–2 in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, with red nerves (Scheffler); lateral nerves 2–3 on each side, slightly raised on both surfaces; petiole 1–2 1/2 lin. long. Flowers axillary, sessile, several or many together; bract obliquely cupular, minutely ciliate, solid base 1/4– 3/8 lin. long, dorsal margin 3/4– 7/8 lin. long, truncate or slightly emarginate, umbonate 1/4 lin. below the apex, ventral margin 3/8 lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together cylindric-flask-shaped, 1 5/8–1 3/4 lin. long. Calyx 5-toothed, 1 lin. long. Corolla red and purple (Scheffler), 1 3/4–2 in. long, basal portion narrow, 3/4–1 lin. long, suprabasal swelling ellipsoid, 2 1/2 lin. long; tube split unilaterally 6–7 lin. down; lobes erect, linear, broadened upwards and into the base, 4 3/4 lin. long. Filaments inserted 3/8 lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, 2 3/4 lin. long, tapering upwards, involute; anthers linear, slightly emarginate, 1 1/8 lin. long. Disc acutely 5-lobed, 3/8 lin. high. Stigma subglobose, 3/8 lin. in diam.
