A perennial, 8–16 in. high. Stems erect, woody below and hirsute with hooked bulbous-based hairs, glabrescent above. Leaves sessile, lanceolate, narrowed at the base, acute, entire, hispid on both surfaces, 1–1 1/2 in. long, 2–4 lin. broad. Racemes 4–10-flowered. Flowering calyx 6 lin. long, deeply lobed; lobes lanceolate, acuminate, not cordate at the base; fruiting calyx 1 in. long, 9 lin. across; lobes broadly ovate, acute, cordate at the base. Corolla 1 in. or rather more across; lobes broadly ovate, acuminate. Anthers densely pilose on the back, about 6 lin. long. Nutlets about 6 lin. long and 5–6 lin. broad, smooth on the face, velvety on the back, surrounded by inflexed glochidiate teeth.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea in the Maramba near Kuelleis, between Kassinga and the River Kubango, 4500 ft., Baum, 234! hills near Luala, Dekindt, 77.
