Gnidia nitida Bolus ex C.H.Wright

A diffusely branched shrub; branches slender but rigid, at first hirsute, soon glabrescent, obscurely tetragonous, leaf-scars small but prominent; leaves opposite, congested at the ends of the branches, oval, rounded or subacute, 3 lin. long, 1 lin. wide, at first adpressed-silky, finally glabrous, margins indexed above, obscurely 3-nerved; flowers in pairs at the ends of the branches; calyx densely silky outside, yellow (Bolus); tube 7 lin. long, inflated below, narrowly funnel-shaped above; lobes 2 lin. long, 1.25 lin. wide, subacute; petals 8, anther-like, 1.25 lin. long, obtuse; anthers linear, 3/4 lin. long; obtuse; ovary compressed, glabrous; style filiform, 4 lin. long; stigma penicillate.