branchlets striate, rufous-villous; leaves on very short petioles; leaflets sessile, obovate, cuneate, with 3–5 blunt teeth at the apex, glabrous on both surfaces, but rufous beneath; axillary racemes rufo-puberulous, shorter than the leaves, the terminal ones longer, paniculated. A much branched shrub, 2 feet high, with terete, shortly villous or tomentose branches. Petiole mostly 1 line, rarely 2–3 lines long. Leaflets green, somewhat glaucous above, thinly veined beneath, crenately trifid, rarely with 5 or 7 obtuse teeth at the top, with revolute margins, 6–9 lines long, 4 lines wide. Axillary panicles 1/2 inch, the terminal ones, 1–1 1/2 inch long. Flowers very minute, very shortly pedicellate, in the branchlets sub-crowded. Drupe brown-purplish, shining, size of a small pea.
