A small tree, up to 12 ft. high; branches drying black, rough with lenticels, sometimes minutely puberulous when quite young, otherwise glabrous. Leaves elliptic-oblong, obtuse or obscurely acuminate, rounded at the base, 3–4 in. long, 1 2/3–2 in. broad, papery, glabrous or minutely puberulous along the midrib; secondary nerves 7–9 on each side; veins delicately anastomosing, distinct below; petiole up to 4 lin. long. Corymbs pseudolateral, subsessile on short leafy branches, many-flowered, sparingly and minutely puberulous; pedicels 1–3 lin. long, slender. Calyx 1–1 1/2 lin. long; sepals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, minutely ciliolate, eglandular. Corolla-tube slender, very minutely puberulous, 6 lin. long; lobes oblong, obtuse, 8–9 lin. long. Anthers linear, apiculate, about 1 lin. long; cells shortly decurrent; filaments 1/3 lin. long.
