Scandent shrub, branches sparsely strigose, older ones terete, with many lenticels. Leaves subcoriaceous, oblong, 8-12½ by 2½-5 cm, 4-6-nerved; acuminate at the apex, acute (to obtuse) at the base; glabrous, with slightly sunken midrib, slightly prominent nerves, and faintly prominent venation above; glabrous, with slightly prominent nerves, and faintly prominent venation beneath. Petiole 10-20 mm. Inflorescences axillary, 3-9 cm, 3-25-flowered. Flowers fragant. Pedicel 7-10 mm. Sepals 1 & 2 broad-ovate, 3 by 3.2-3.5 mm, 4 & 5 transverse-oval, 3 by 3.8-4 mm, glabrous outside. Corolla white, 12-14 mm, tube 3 mm; midpetaline field 6-8 by 3-4 mm, densely appressed-hairy (hairs 2-branched, up to 600 µ total length); lobules 5-6 by 4-5 mm, rather thick, without distinct venation, slightly crenate at margin. Stamens inserted 1.7 mm above the corolla-base; filament 0.7 mm long, 0.5 mm broad at the base; anther 1.6 mm long, 0.8-0.9 mm broad, 0.6 mm thick, acuminate (sterile acumen 0.6 mm) at the apex, slightly cordate at the base. Ovary 1.4 by 0.8-1.3 mm, glabrous in the lower 0.8 mm, hairy in the upper part; stigma conical, with 5 distinct ridges. Fruit unknown.
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