Young branchlets rusty-tomentellous, soon becoming pubescent, adult ones rather stout, rather tawny, 1 1/2–2 lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, pubescent or puberulous, finely and inconspicuously lenticellate; internodes 5–10 lin. long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, ovate or ovate-oblong, obtuse or rounded at the apex, rounded or obtuse at the base, thickly coriaceous, minutely puberulous, especially towards the base on the lower surface, or glabrous; lateral nerves 3–4 on each side, the lowest pair very oblique, nerves anastomosing far from the margin, raised on the upper surface, hardly visible on the lower; petiole 1–2 lin. long, densely pubescent. Heads sessile, 1–3-flowered; axis over 1 lin. long, densely pubescent, sockets cupular; bract cupular, 1 3/4–2 1/4 lin. long, pubescent outside, dorsal lobe 3/8 lin. long, truncate or subretuse. Receptacle and calyx together subcylindric, 4 1/2 lin. long. Calyx irregularly toothed, sparingly ciliolate, 3 1/2 lin. long. Corolla 2 1/4–2 1/2 in. long, purplish; tube cylindric-funnel-shaped, basal swelling inconspicuous, subovoid, 1 1/2 lin. long; lobes erect, linear, acute, 8 lin. long. Filaments inserted at the base of the corolla-lobes, tapering upwards from a broad base, 3 3/4 lin. long, deflexed, tooth 3/8 lin. long; anthers linear, 3 lin. long. Disc slightly lobed, 1/4 lin. high. Style skittle-shaped above, neck about 3 lin. long.
