A glabrous shrub, 6–9 ft. high; branches slender, grey. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, long attenuate at the base, 4–8 in. long, 1 1/2–2 1/2 in. broad, papery; secondary nerves very oblique, gently curved, 6–7 on each side; petiole slender, 1/2–1 in. long. Inflorescences terminal from the youngest branch-forks, few-flowered, umbelliform, multibracteate; peduncle slender, 1 1/2 in. long; bracts persistent, crowded at the base of the pseudoumbel, oblong, acute, 4–6 lin. long; pedicels slender, up to 1/2 in. long. Calyx subcampanulate, 7–8 lin. long, with a transverse zone of scanty small glands somewhat above the base; lobes oblong, obtuse or shortly acuminate, about as long as the tube. Corolla yellow; tube subcylindric, abruptly constricted at the middle and gradually narrowed towards the mouth, 7–8 lin. long, twisted, pubescent on the filamental ridges, otherwise glabrous within; limb rotate; lobes obovate-elliptic, 6–7 lin. long, crisp, brown when dry. Stamens inserted above the middle; anthers 3 lin. long, tips scarcely exserted, tails long. Disc annular, shorter than the carpels. Berries obliquely obovoid, with a short recurved beak, up to 1 1/4 in. long; pericarp rather thin when dry, leathery, with slightly raised curved longitudinal ridges. Seeds about 4 1/2 lin. long, elegantly grooved longitudinally, grooves more or less divided by cross ridges; testa finely honeycombed.
