Elytranthe albida Blume

Glabrous. Leaves opposite; lamina narrowly to broadly ovate, 6-14 by 3-8 cm, cuneate to truncate at the base to a petiole 7-25 mm long, somewhat acuminate and broadly acute at the apex, dull on both sides; venation pinnate with the midrib and the main laterals distinct on both sides. Inflorescencess at the nodes, a pedunculate spike of 1-3 decussate pairs of flowers; peduncle (1—)5—10(—15) mm long, more or less terete, subtended by 1-3 pairs of small bracts at the base; flower-bearing axis 5-20 mm long, with decussate hollows c. 6 mm long; central bracts 7-12 by 4-6 mm, keeled, acute; lateral bracts as long as the central ones, keeled, obtuse. Corolla in mature bud 6-merous, 40-65 mm long, with a distinct nectar chamber at the base, gradually widened upwards, weakly winged above the middle, narrowed to a neck, clavate and acute at the apex, mostly white to pink below, blue-grey above; tube in the open flower 25-45 mm long, split slightly deeper on one side, with the lobes reflexed or twisted 5-10 mm higher. Anther 2.5-3.5 mm long, constricted at the base, acute, about half as long as the free part of the filament. Fig. 25a, b.