Shrubs. Old branches brown; branchlets rust-brown tomentose. Stipules lanceolate, ca. 7 mm, caducous; petiole 4-6 mm, tomentose; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, 7-16 × 2.5-4.5 cm, papery or leathery, abaxially densely softly rust-brown tomentose, adaxially coarsely stellate, lateral basal veins 1/3 to more than 1/2 as long as leaf blade, lateral veins distal, 4-5 pairs, base nearly rounded, slightly oblique, margin double-serrate, teeth 1-2.5 mm, alternately small and large, narrow and acute, apex shortly acute or slightly obtuse. Cymes 1 to several per leaf axil; peduncle less than 3 mm. Pedicel 5-8 mm. Bracts lanceolate, ca. 3 mm. Sepals oblong, 6-7 × ca. 2 mm, abaxially hairy, adaxially glabrous. Petals ca. 3 mm, abaxially hairy at base; glands obovoid, enclosed by ring of hairs. Stamens many, with long hairs in between. Ovary hairy. Fruit 2-4-lobed. Seeds 1 or 2 per drupelet. Fl. Apr-May.
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