Gnidia myrtifolia C.H.Wright

A densely branched shrub; branches short, slender, reddish, at first hirsute, soon glabrescent, leaf-scars small; leaves opposite, approximate, ovate or ovate-oblong, 5 lin. long, 2-2.5 lin. wide, acuminate, coriaceous, finely verrucose on the margins of the upper part, otherwise glabrous, 3-5-nerved beneath; flowers few at the ends of the branches; calyx pubescent outside; tube 5 lin. long, narrowly funnel-shaped; lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute and thick at the apex, 2 lin. long, 1 lin. wide; petals 4, membranous, 1 lin. long, 3/4 lin. wide; anthers oblong, obtuse, 1/3 lin. long, the upper exserted on filaments 1/2 lin. long; ovary ovoid, hairy at the top; style longer than the calyx-tube, stout; stigma papillose.