Brachylaena uniflora Harv.

Branches slightly grooved, glabrous or the younger parts minutely tomentulose. Leaves petioled, 6-12 cm long, 1.5-4 cm broad, elliptic-lanceolate, obovate, obovate-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, sometimes subacuminate or acuminate, rounded or obtuse at the apex, narrowed at the base, entire or with crenate-serrated margins in the upper portion, with the mid-rib and lateral veins prominent beneath; petiole 0.5-1.5 cm long, convex beneath, channelled above. Inflorescence a dense panicle, terminal or axillary, 5-8 cm long; the ultimate heads corymbose. Male heads: Involucre 5-6-seriate; bracts 0.5-2 mm long, ovate to lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse, sometimes with membranous margins. Heads 1-3-flowered more or less elongated, about 3 mm long and 1 mm in diameter. Corolla-tube 2-3.5 mm long, cylindric, sometimes subcampanulate above; lobes 1-2.5 mm long, lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute. Filaments 1 mm long, linear; anthers 1-1.75 mm long, linear, acute, tailed at the base. Style 3.5-6 mm long, cylindric; lobes 0.5 mm long, ovate, obtuse or subobtuse. Pappus 3.5 mm long. Female heads: Involucre about 6-seriate; bracts 1.25-3 mm long, about 1 mm broad, ovate to elliptic, obtuse, with membranous margins. Heads 4-flowered, about 3.5 mm long, and 1.5 mm in diameter. Corolla-tube 2.5 mm long, cylindric; lobes 0.5 mm long, lanceolate, subacute. Ovary terete, pubescent; style 3 mm long, cylindric; lobes 0.5 mm long, ovate, subobtuse. Pappus 3 mm long.