A shrub 6–8 feet high, glabrous except the inflorescence, &c., shining. Branches subterete, somewhat compressed towards the extremities. Leaves opposite, elliptical, acute or acuminate, wedge-shaped at the base, chartaceous, of a yellowish green colour on both sides when dry, 2–6 by 3/4–2 in.; lateral veins about 8–10 pairs, clearly marked beneath, usually with slightly hairy little pits in the axils; petiole 1/4– 3/4 in.; stipules apiculate from a broad subtruncate base, 1/5– 1/4 in. long, covering a ring of caducous hairs. Flowers tetramerous, 1/4 in. long when expanded, exclusive of the style, on rather shorter puberulous pedicels, many together, in crowded terminal sessile corymbs of about 2 in. diameter. Calyx 1/8– 1/6 in. long, puberulous outside, ebracteolate; limb unequally 4-lobed; lobes oval, rounded or obtuse, 1/12– 1/10 in. long, recurving, deciduous. Corolla glabrous except the bearded throat; lobes 4, reflexed, ovate-oblong, subobtuse, nearly 1/4 in. long. Anthers 1/5 in. long, reflexed, apiculate; filaments rather short, recurving. Disk hispidulous, cushion-shaped. Ovary short. Style exserted by 1/4 in., puberulous above, undivided. Fruit 1/4– 1/3 in. diameter; seeds 1/5 in. diameter, excavated on the inner face.
