A climbing shrub; branches terete, spreadingly rufo-hirsute. Leaves obovate-oblong, acuminate, rounded or subacute at the base, 3–3 1/4 in. long, 1 1/2 in. broad, membranous, fulvo-hirsute when young, glabrescent above; secondary nerves 5–6 on each side; petiole 6 lin. long. Flowers in axillary, slender, hirsute, racemes or panicles; peduncle 6–9 lin. long, slender; bracts lanceolate, small, early deciduous; pedicels very short or 0. Calyx 3/4 lin. long, tomentose; sepals ovate or lanceolate-ovate, acute. Corolla greenish-yellow, fragrant, minutely tomentose without, very slender, almost subulate in bud; tube 1 1/2 lin. long; lobes linear-oblong, as long as or slightly longer than the tube. Follicles spindle-shaped divaricate, 6–7 in. long, brown, glabrescent. Seeds spindle-shaped, 8 lin. long; coma 2 in. long.
