A small shrub up to 3 1/2 ft. high; young branchlets slender, subterete, minutely tomentose, at length glabrous. Leaves oblong or slightly oblong-oblanceolate, caudate-acuminate, acumen 1/2 in. long, obtuse, subcuneate and unequal-sided at the base, 2–3 1/2 in. long, 3/4–1 1/4 in. broad, thinly chartaceous, glabrous and rather dull on both surfaces; lateral nerves about 7 on each side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of about 65°, prominent below and conspicuously looped and branched well within the margin; veins fairly loose but distinct below; petiole curved, about 2 lin. long, shortly puberulous; stipules subpersistent, linear-lanceolate, acute, 2 1/2 lin. long, glabrous. Male inflorescence not seen, according to Engler subglobose, small, with ovate ciliolate bracts at the base; peduncle at first about as long as the petiole, at length 2–3 times as long, bearing numerous subovate shortly silky-pilose bracts. Floral bracts with an orbicular peltate apex. Male flowers with 1 stamen, the perianth overtopping the bracts; stamen elongate-clubshaped, 1 1/2 times as long as the perianth; anthers ovoid.
