branches terete, very shortly pubescent; leaves petiolate, elliptic, acute at both ends, hairy-scabrous above, softly pubescent and strongly nerved beneath; stipules broad, cuspidate; corymbs capitate; calyx-teeth twice as long as the tube, setaceous. A large shrub. Leaves 1 1/2–2 inches long, 1–1 1/2 inch broad, with very prominent middle and divergent lateral nerves. Petioles 3–6 lines long. Corymb globose, peduncles and pedicels very short, pubescent as well as the 2 lines long calyx-teeth. Corolla pilose, or nearly glabrous, white; length of the tube and size of the fruit as in P. Caffra, from which this species, at first sight, differs by the elliptical, nerved leaves.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Natal, T. Cooper, 1175; Gerr. & M‘K. 1349. (Herb. D., Sd.)
