A shrub about 8 ft. high; branchlets somewhat slender, pubescent. Leaves variable (Barter), nearly entire and then oblong-elliptic, toothed, shortly acuminate at the apex, rounded and slightly unequal-sided at the base, or pinnately 3–5-lobed and then cuneate at the base, 2–4 in. long, 1 1/4–2 in. broad, rigidly chartaceous, scabrous on both surfaces; midrib slightly raised above, prominent beneath, about 1/3 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to the apex; lateral nerves 6–8 on each side of the midrib, arcuate, looped very close to the margin, prominent below; tertiary nerves very lax and branched, distinct below; veins rather close, impressed above, distinct below; petiole 1/4– 1/2 in. long, thickened towards the base, slightly pubescent; stipules deciduous, linear-lanceolate, acutely acuminate, 3 lin. long, about 1 lin. broad, finely puberulous on the outside, with a distinct midrib. Receptacles axillary, solitary or in pairs, pedunculate, globose or obovoid-globose, about 5 lin. in diam., scabrous, with a prominent ostiole; peduncle 1/4– 1/2 in. long, rather slender, puberulous. Bracts scattered on the peduncle, and a very few small ones on the receptacle, broadly ovate, hairy. Ostiole with numerous bracts visible from the outside, spreading horizontally across the orifice, more or less broadly ovate, the outer slightly puberulous, the rest glabrous. Male flowers not seen. Female flowers subsessile; perianth-segments linear, acute, slightly ciliate; achene obliquely ellipsoid; style lateral, slender, with a reddish stigma.
