Dicliptera magaliesbergensis K.Balkwill

Bushy herb, up to 0.5 m tall. Leaves ovate, acute to acuminate, base cuneate and attenuate, (27-)30-47(-53) x (9-)11-18(-20) mm with eglandular trichomes; petiole (4.7-)5.1-10.4(-13.6) mm long. Inflorescence of 3-5 inflorescence units umbellately arranged, with up to 4 'umbels' in each axil, occasionally axillary branches are terminated by an inflorescence unit, in which case it has an unusually long peduncle; inflorescence axis 0.6-2.8(-5.2) mm long, longest peduncle of inflorescence units (0.7-)0.9-4.0(-5.3) mm long. Bracts: secondary bracts narrowly triangular or lanceolate, apiculate, (4.1-)4.8-7.3(-8.2) x (0.5-)0.6-1.0(-1.3) mm, strigose on margins and veins; tertiary bracts narrowly elliptic to narrowly ovate, (9.6-)10.2-13.2(-14.1) x (2.4-)2.8-3.5(-3.6) mm, with three veins from the base, initially with long-stalked glandular trichomes, but soon becoming glabrous, except for the veins and margins which are strigose; tips remaining green. Calyx: tube 1.0-1.5 mm long; lobes 3.8-4.0 mm long, inner surface with appressed eglandular, and some small glandular trichomes, outer surface dense with small-and large-headed stalked glandular trichomes, margin and veins sparsely strigose. Corolla purple; tube (6.3-)6.7-8.1 (-8.3) mm long, with straight and curved eglandular trichomes; lip in lower position elliptic, (6.5-)8-10(-12) x (2.6-)3.0-4.5(-4.9) mm; lip in upper position narrowly oblong, (6-)7-10(-11) x 1.8-2.2(-2.3) mm. Stamens: filaments with curved eglandular trichomes on the facing surfaces, and minute glandular trichomes near the anthers; thecae superposed, but approximated. Disc cupular, with two awns. Gynoecium: stigma bilobed, shortly filiform, slightly unequal; style glabrous; ovary ovoid almost glabrous. Capsule with eglandular trichomes and some stalked glandular trichomes, (5.8-)6.2-7.3(-7.5) x (2.2-)2.3-2.7(-2.8) mm. Seeds rough with squat, unhooked tubercles.