Low shrub. Branchlets obtusangular, laxly pubescent at the tips. Leaves subdense, oblong-elliptic, elliptic, or obovate-elliptic, apex broadly and shortly acuminate, obtuse, rarely ± rounded, base broadly cuneate or attenuate, basal glands subinconspicuous, coriaceous, glabrous, laxly blackish punctate beneath, regularly subserrate-crenulate (teeth minute, 2-4 mm spaced), 2-3.5 by 1-1.5 cm, midrib faintly impressed above, obtusely prominent beneath, nerves 2 basal and 3-4 upper pairs, mostly obscure above, slightly raised beneath, reticulation lax, +-prominent beneath only; petiole rather robust, 2-4 mm. Fascicles 2-4-flowered, axillary, glabrous. Pedicels stoutish, c. 1 cm, with several thick papillae or emergencies below the calyx. Bracteoles basal. Calyx tube cylindric, base subtruncate, c. 4 by 3 mm, limb ± spreading, 3 mm, 5-lobed to %, lobes subacutely ovate-acuminate. Corolla tu-Dular, slightly dilated distally, rather fleshy, c. 2 cm by 4 mm ø at base, c. 6 mm across limb, lobes c. 3 mm, reflexed. Stamens 8-8.5 and 6.5-7 mm; major stamens: filaments very laxly long-hairy or ciliate distally; cells narrow-oblong, very granular, base obtuse, 6 mm including ± divergent, c. 2 mm long tubules; connective very laxly hairy or glabrous, evanescent towards the tubules. Disk glabrous. Style filiform, glabrous, 2.2 cm.
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