Epiphytic shrub. Branches slender, terete, rather short (30-40 cm), patent-rufous-setulose in the younger parts, most of the bristles ± distinctly gland-tipped, furthermore clothed with a fine patent pubescence. Leaves ovate to oblong-ovate, apex gradually acuminate, the terminal gland small, not or only a little prominent, base broad-attenuate to rounded, coriaceous, stiff, somewhat convex when dry, olivaceous, glabrous and somewhat shining above, all over the undersurface and along the margin with scattered, ± caducous, blackish, bristle-like hairs, finally blackish punctate, minutely denticulate, 1.7-3 by 0.9-1.2(-1.5) cm, midrib strongly impressed above, slightly raised beneath, 1 pair of nerves from near base of the lamina ascending to the top, slightly impressed above, subinconspicuous beneath, some higher inserted nerves faintly visible; petiole stout, grooved, setulose, 1.5-2.5 mm. Stipule-like axillary perulae subulate, as long as the petioles, persistent at least in the upper axils. Flowers solitary in the upper axils. Pedicels stoutish, sub-glabrous, 1-2 mm. Bracteoles ovate, obtuse, ciliolate and with a few long bristles along the margin, 1 mm. Calyx cupular, c. 2.5 mm, glabrous dorsally, lobes ± spreading, 1.5 mm, the very apex ciliolate, otherwise with numerous, coarse, longish (c. 1.5 mm), marginal bristles. Corolla cylindric or narrow-campanulate, white, glabrous, 5 mm, lobes 2 mm. Filaments S-curved, linear, but manifestly dilated above the base, 1.8 mm; anthers sagittate, as long as the filaments, the anther-cells echinulate; tubules narrow and ± divergent, 0.8 mm. Ovary glabrous; style c. 3 mm.
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