Pubescent. Portion of stems seen 1 ft. long, unbranched. Leaves 3 by 1 in., elliptic, acute. Panicle terminal, 5 by 2 1/2 in., loose; cyme-peduncles mostly in distant false-whorls, the bracts at their base 1/5 in. long, elliptic; one or two of the lower cyme-peduncles supported sometimes by a leaf 2 1/4 in. long. Cyme-peduncles glabrate; several of the lower bracteoles empty, 1/8– 1/6 in. long, ovate; pedicels in fruit 1/3– 2/3 in. long. Sepals nearly 1/4 in. long, narrowly elliptic, glabrate. Capsule 1/5 in. long, truncate, with acute angles at the top; seeds 2–1 in each cell.