Branchlets patulous, rather stout, 1 1/2 lin. in diam. 6 in. below the apex, rusty-tomentellous; branches 2–2 1/2 lin. in diam., striate, younger parts rusty-tomentellous; internodes 3/4–2 in. long. Leaves subopposite or alternate, lanceolate, acute or obtuse at the apex, obtuse at the base, 2 1/2–4 in. long, 10–15 lin. broad, coriaceous, glabrescent on the upper surface, more or less scurfy-pubescent on the nerves below; midrib prominent on the lower surface; lateral nerves 5–6 on each side, arcuate-ascending, anastomosing far from the margin, raised on both surfaces; petiole rusty-tomentellous, 6–10 lin. long. Umbels axillary, solitary, about 13–15-flowered; peduncle 2 1/2–3 lin. long, rusty-pilose, especially round the sockets of the pedicels; pedicels and bract densely rusty-pilose with branched hairs; pedicels about 2 lin. long; bract erect, arcuate-boat-shaped, 1 3/4 lin. long, 1/2– 5/8 lin. deep, dorsal margin 1 1/4 lin. long, ventral margin patulous, 1/4 lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together subcampanulate, 1 1/8 lin. long, densely rusty-pubescent outside. Calyx 3/8 lin. long, shallowly lobed, densely ciliate with branched hairs; intramarginal ring about 1/12 lin. high. Corolla about 1 2/3 in. long, densely clothed with rusty much-branched hairs; tube split unilaterally about 6 1/2 lin. down, basal swelling ovoid, 2 lin. long; lobes erect, spathulate, 4 1/2 lin. long, upper part boat-shaped, 2 1/8 lin. long, 5/8 lin. broad, oblong-lanceolate seen from within, hard inner layer rather sharply demarcated below. Filaments inserted at the base of the corolla-lobes, deflexed, tapering upwards, 3 lin. long, the uppermost 1/4 lin. thickened and darker than the rest, tooth about 1/8 lin. long; anthers linear-oblong, 1–1 1/8 lin. long. Disc pentagonal, very shortly lobed, 1/6 lin. high. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part about 3 1/4 lin. long, neck 1 lin. long; stigma subglobose, 3/8– 7/16 lin. in diam.
