a shrub; branches rather flexuose; branchlets numerous, terminating in a spine; leaves very narrowly linear, obtuse, attenuate at the base, 4–6 lin. long, 1 1/4–1 1/2 lin. wide, puberulous when young; petiole short; flowers solitary, axillary towards the apex of the branches; peduncles cernuous, shorter than the calyx, thickened at the apex, slightly puberulous; calyx cyathiform, 2–2 1/4 lin. long; teeth 5, small, ovate-oblong, unequal, very acute, slightly puberulous outside; corolla obconic, glabrous; tube slightly expanded above; lobes 5, reflexed, ovate-triangular, rather acute, 1 1/2–1 3/4 lin. long, reticulately veined; stamens exserted; filaments villous at the base; ovary ovoid, apiculate, surrounded at the base by a cupular disk; style capillary, 3 1/2–3 3/4 lin. long, slightly curved at the apex; stigma capitate, subbifid; berry black when dry, ovoid, 2–3 lin. in diam., seated on the enlarged split calyx. null
