Shrub, epiphytic, sometimes scandent, 1 m, with long branches or stolones, which bear rather short branchlets, these terete, brownish, rather densely and ± patently covered with longish (2-3 mm) rufous bristle-like hairs. Leaves elliptic, rarely oblong-elliptic or ovate-elliptic, apex shortly gradually acuminate, subacute or obtuse, manifestly apiculate by the thick terminal gland, base broad-attenuate, subcoriaceous to coriaceous, minutely remotely denticulate, the teeth ciliate by longish, rather early caducous bristles, or sub-entire, glabrous, though subdensely blackish punctulate on both faces especially beneath, (1.2-)2-3(-4) by (0.7-)1.3-2(-2.5) cm, midrib slightly impressed above, prominent beneath, nerves in 2 pairs, one of them coming from base of the lamina, the other from the lower third of the midrib, all curved-ascending to the apex of the lamina, slightly impressed above, obscure beneath; petiole laxly set with short bristles, 2-4 mm. Flowers 1 or 2, rarely 3 in each of the upper axils. Pedicels slender, 0.8-1.1 cm, laxly set with subappressed, longish, fine caducous bristles, or finally with their gland-like bases, basal bracts minute. Bracteoles ovate, obtuse, muriculate-ciliate, c. 1.5 mm. Calyx c. 3 mm, contracted at the base, glabrous or with some fine glandular warts dorsally, lobes ovate, rather obtuse, ciliate and glandular-muriculate, 2 mm. Corolla elongate-urceolate, 8-9 mm long, c. 2.5 mm ø, red or rose, glabrous, lobes pale, 1.5 mm. Filaments slender, slightly dilated towards the base, glabrous, wavy, 4-5 mm; anthers including the very short tubules c. 2.8 mm. Ovary glabrous or with some scattered hairs; style c. 4 mm, completely or at least in its upper ⅔ shortly patent-pubescent. Fruit said to be blue.
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