A much-branched slim : branches stout, at first pilose, soon glabrous, leaf-scars conspicuous but not very prominent; leaves alternate, approximate, ovate lanceolate, acute, 3 lin. long, 1 lin. wide, with a few short scattered hairs above, densely silky and slightly verrucose beneath; flowers few near the apex of the branches; calyx densely silky outside, yellow (Wylie); ovoid base of tube 1 lin. long, narrowly funnel-shaped part 3 lin. long; lobes oblong, subacute, 1.25 lin. long, 3/4 lin. wide; petals 4, fleshy, anther-like, ovate-lanceolate, 3/4 lin. long; staminodes 0; anthers 4, distinctly included, oblong, obtuse; ovary compressed, 1/2 lin. long; style about half as long as the calyx-tube; stigma shortly penicellate.
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