Shrubs, 0.6-2.0(-4.0) m tall, the branches dark to pale brown, usually sparsely to densely subappressed, reddish-brown hirsute, glabrate in age. Leaves oppo-site, lanceolate to ovate or elliptic-oblong, usually acute to obtuse at the apex, obtuse to acute at the base, 1-6(-8) cm long, 0.4-3.2 cm wide, subchartaceous to subcoriaceous, glabrous or nearly so above, beneath the midrib pubescent as the petiole, sometimes bearing 2 or 4 usually sessile glands near the base; petioles 2-15 mm long, pubescent; stipules triangular to subulate, 1.2-3.5 mm long. In-florescences terminal, pseudoracemose or corymbiform, usually pubescent like the stem; flowers each subtended by a lanceolate to subulate bract 1.4-3.1 mm long and 2 bracteoles 0.7-2.0 mm long; pedicels 6-17 mm long, pubescent. Flow-ers 1.4-2.2 cm diam.; calyx segments usually eglandular, usually 3-4 mm long, ca. 1 mm wide, obovate-oblong to lanceolate, obtuse to subacute at the apex, glabrous or somewhat ciliate; petals clawed, yellow, costate to subcarinate on the lower surface, the claw flattened, 1.3-3.0(-5.0) mm long, frequently reddish in age, the limb ovate to ovate-oblong, 5-9 mm long, subentire and frequently ciliolate, the anterior petal 5.5-7.5 mm long, the claw stouter, the limb broadly ovate to subdeltoid, the base sometimes cordate, the apex subcucullate; stamens with filaments flattened, subdistinct to connate, subequal, the anthers 2-3 mm long; ovary subglobose, 1.8-2.4 mm diam., usually glabrous, the styles slender, unequal, 4-7 mm long, the anterior style usually slightly shorter. Capsule subglo-bose, 4.5-6.0 mm diam., usually glabrous, the lobes tardily dehiscent; seeds ovoid to subglobose, reddish-brown.
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Shrub, 0.5-2 m high. Youngest parts appressedly reddish-haired, older twigs brown, glabrous; internodes 2-4 cm. Leaves herbaceous, elliptic-oblong, sometimes ovate, 3-5 by 1-2.5 cm; base acute, with 2 glandular pimples, top obtuse to rounded, tip a minute, acute point; nerves 4-5 pairs; petiole c. 1 cm, green when young, turning red. Stipules c. 3 mm long, linear, acute, red. Racemes later overtopped by 2 lateral branches, 6-12 cm, appressedly dark-red short-haired. Bracts 3-4 mm, linear, acute, persistent. Pedicels ¾-1¼ cm, articulated about the middle. Bracteoles at the top of the lower portion. Flowers yellow, 1.5-2 cm in diam., glabrous in all parts. Sepals ovate, slightly carinate and decurrent in the pedicel, 2-2.5 by 1-1.5 mm, top blunt, sometimes recurved. Petals slightly carinate below, two slighty shorter than the others, 2-3.5 mm clawed, limb triangular, blunt, c. 5 by 3.5 mm. Filaments with somewhat broadened base, glabrous, yellow, turning red, persistent, 2.5-3 and 4 mm long; anthers 2-2.5 mm long, lanceolate, caducous. Ovary 2-3 mm in diam.; styles terete, 5-6 mm long, caducous. Fruits brown, globular, c. 5 mm.
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