Gnidia leipoldtii C.H.Wright

Much-branched; branches diffuse, spreading, slender, pubescent when young, finally glabrous and with prominent leaf-scars; leaves opposite, ovate-oblong, acute, 7 lin. long, 3 lin. wide, densely adpressed-silky on both sides, 1-3-nerved below; flowers 2-6 at the ends of the branchlets; calyx densely tomentose; tube 7 lin. long, slightly ribbed, inflated below, subcylindrical above; lobes oval, 14 lin. long, 1 lin. wide; petals 8, 1/2 lin. long, anther-like, but not very thick, emarginate; anthers as long as the petals, but narrower, obtuse; ovary ovoid, hairy at the top; style filiform, 5 lin. long; stigma clavate.