Gnidia penicillata Lichtenst. ex Meisn.

A subshrub; branches at first reddish and pubescent, finally glabrous and nearly smooth; leaves opposite, linear, obtuse, up to 6 lin. long and nearly 1 lin. wide, at first densely white-ciliate on the margins, otherwise glabrous; flowers 2-6 at the apex of the branches; calyx silky outside; tube cylindrical, 4 lin. long, rather slender; lobes ovate, acute, 3 lin. long, 2 lin. wide; petals 4, membranous, bifid; ovary compressed laterally; anthers oblong, 0.67 lin. long; fruit lenticular, brown with dark small spots.