Plant erect or spreading, glabrous except stem apex and lower part of ovary white-tomentose; epicortical runners absent. Leaves narrowly elliptic, rounded; lamina 45-60 mm long, 12-16 mm wide, attenuate at base into petiole 1-2 mm long. Inflorescence a pedunculate umbel of triads, the central flower sessile, the laterals pedicellate; peduncle slender, 13-18 mm long at anthesis but reaching 28 mm in fruit; rays of umbel 2, 5-7 mm long at anthesis, 9 mm in fruit; pedicels 2-3 mm long at anthesis, 5 mm in fruit; bracts 1.5 mm long, rounded or truncate. Calyx entire, 0.8 mm long. Corolla in mature bud slender, c. 23 mm long, 5-or 6-merous, yellow or orange. Anthers 2 mm long, c. 1/3 length of free part of filament. Fruit ellipsoidal but not known in mature state.
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