Stems twining, densely hairy with fulvous, appressed hairs. Leaves ovate orelliptic, or the upper ones elliptic-oblong, 7½-18 by 3½-13 cm, base rounded, or shortly attenuate into the petiole; apex acuminate to cuspidate, with a narrow, acute and mucronulate acumen; upper surface glabrousor nearly so, lower surface rather densely hairy with patent or loosely appressed hairs, more densely so on the nerves; midrib and 6-9 nerves oneither side prominent beneath, minor nervation reticulate, rather prominent beneath; petiole 2½-8 cm, hairy like the stem. Peduncles mostly shorter than or as long as the petiole,rarely longer, 1-18 cm, hairy like the stems; flowers in a broad, capitate, 8-10-flowered cyme. Bracts large, ovate to lanceolate, acuminate, 2-3 cm long, glabrous and purple inside, almost tomentose outside; upper bracts smaller and narrower. Pedicels very short. Two outer sepals ovate, sharply acute to acuminate, glabrous, hairy below the apex, or over the whole surface, 6-7 mm long, three inner ones elliptic to broad-elliptic,obtusish, ca 5 ½ mm long, glabrous; sepal 3 sometimes with a few hairs nearthe apex. Corolla funnel-shaped, ca 3 cm long, white or pinkish; limb shallowly lobed; midpetaline bands hirsute outside. Ovary glabrous, 2-celled. Fruit ovoid, ca 13 mm long, pink.
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