Branches terete, rather stout, 2 1/2–3 lin. in diam. 16 in. below the apex, glabrous, slightly wrinkled, slightly striate longitudinally, clear brown. Leaves oblong or ovate-oblong, more rarely ovate-lanceolate, obtuse at the apex, subacute at the base, 2–3 in. long, 1–1 1/4 in. broad, thinly coriaceous, rigid, glabrous; petiole fairly stout, channelled, 3–6 lin. long. Umbels axillary, 5–9-flowered; peduncle 3 1/2–5 1/2 lin. long; sockets of the pedicels saucer-shaped; pedicels slender, 3–5 lin. long; bract unilaterally developed from a saucer-shaped base, ventral margin 1/6 lin. long, dorsal margin over 1/2 lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together urceolate-obovoid, over 1 1/4 lin. long, 1 lin. in diam. Calyx 1/8 lin. long. Corolla orange-red, 2 in. long, basal swelling ellipsoid, nearly 3 lin. long; lobes lanceolate-linear, nearly 5 lin. long, sharply incurved at the apex, upper half strongly keeled dorsally, 3/8 lin. deep, with a hard inner layer, lower half soft. Filaments deflexed, tapering upwards, 2 1/4–3 lin. long, tooth 1/8 lin. long; anthers oblong-linear, 1 1/2 lin. long.
