suffrutescent, erect, sub-dichotomous; branches hispidulous and scabrid; leaves on short petioles, cuneate-obovate, dentate towards the apex, sparsely stellato-hispid on both surfaces; stipules ovato-lanceolate, equalling the petiole; peduncles racemose-paniculate, 1–2-flowered, bracteolate; bracts lanceolate; calyx campanulate, sparsely hispid, semi-5-fid, the segments deltoid-acuminate, plumoso-ciliate; petals twice as long as the calyx, the ciliate claws as long as the limb; filaments obovate, much longer than the hastate anthers; ovary ovoid, hispid. A very diffuse, forking, roughly, but not densely pubescent species, allied to H. scordifolia. Branches flexuous. Leaves scattered, 1 inch long, not 1/2 inch wide at top, tapering at base; the upper ones small, narrow and entire. Flowers orange. Calyx-lobes remarkably acuminate, the flower-buds cuspidate. Capsule scarcely longer than the calyx, deeply 5-lobed, stellato-hispid.
