A shrub, 8 ft. high; young branches greyish pubescent or subtomentose, ultimately glabrescent, rarely glabrous, reddish-brown, dotted with small whitish lenticels. Leaves oblong, acuminate, shortly acute or rounded at the base, 1 1/2–5 in. long, 3/4–2 in. broad, glabrous above, minutely pubescent to subtomentose below; secondary nerves 6–10 on each side; petiole up to 3 lin. long. Panicles contracted or at length lax, pubescent to subtomentose, rarely almost glabrous; peduncle 1/2–1 1/4 in. long; bracts small, lanceolate or subulate, deciduous; pedicels very slender, up to 5 lin. long. Calyx 3/4 lin. long; segments roundish; intracalycular glands flat, large. Corolla orange-coloured or yellowish, papillosely pubescent without; tube 2 lin. long; lobes ovate-oblong, obtuse, as long or almost as long as the tube; episepalous scales thin, small, bifid or entire, glabrous; epipetalous scales thin, subquadrate, 2–3-horned, glabrous; a pair of filiform, more or less divided appendages on each side of each stamen. Anthers over 1/2 lin. long. Follicles up to 1 1/2 ft. long; seeds greenish, 6 lin. long.
