suffruticose; stems erect, woody, much branched; branches minutely downy; leaves opposite, spreading, linear-lanceolate, acute, a little scabrous, with revolute margins; stipules simple; flowers polygamous, tetrandrous, axillary, aggregate; corolla glabrous outside; anthers linear; fruit obovate-oblong; mericarps convex at back, glabrous, minutely punctate, crowned by the minute calyx-teeth. Root thick, woody, about 1 foot long, simple. Stems numerous, 1 span high. Leaves 4–6 lines long, about 3/4 of a line broad, pointed, shining above. Flowers 2–5-together. Calyx minute, equal. Corolla white, lobes about as long as the tube. Stigmas long, hairy. Fruit 1 line long.
