Hermannia macra Schltr.

Suffrutex, stems several to many from a woody base, sparingly branched near base; branches sparsely to very sparsely and minutely appressed stellate-pubescent, the hairs radiating from central scales or glands, scattered minute papillae sometimes present, glabrescent, sometimes central scales or glands persistent. Stipules small, narrowly ovate to ovate-deltoid, broad at base, 1.5-2 mm long, stellate-pubescent and sparsely ciliate with long, pointed hairs, glabrescent. Leaves mostly basal, sparse and reduced above, petiolate; blade more or less oblong from narrowly to broadly so, or ovate-oblong, coarsely and unevenly lobed, sometimes deeply so but never to midrib, lobes usually broad and obtuse, not or occasionally lobed again, 3-nerved at base, nerves suberect, appressed stellate-pubescent on both surfaces, glabrescent; petiole 5-25 mm long. Inflorescence of 1-to 2-flowered cymes arranged in erect, terminal, leafless, racemose or paniculate cymes; peduncles 20-30 mm long, glabrescent; bracteoles like small stipules, usually 3; pedicles 2.5-6 mm long, stellate-pubescent with minute, scattered glands or papillae. Calyx campanulate, about 4.5 mm long, lobed to almost middle, teeth deltoid and sinuses wide, stellate-pubescent and with minute, scattered scales or papillae, glabrescent in upper half only, lobes ciliate with slightly longer stellate hairs. Petals yellow to orange-red, about 5.5 mm long, suborbicular in upper half, usually broader than long, narrowed into a fairly broad claw with inrolled margins, appears glabrous but sometimes with minute hairs. Stamens about 5 mm long, with obovate, hyaline filaments; anthers almost as long as filaments, overlapping them at base, acute, ciliate. Ovary about 2.5 mm long, stellate-pubescent on sutures, papillate between; stipe about 0.5 mm long; styles 3 mm long, persistent, often appearing subclavate at apex. Capsule about 6 mm long and almost as broad, shallowly 5-lobed, stellate pubescence sometimes persisting on sutures, papillose between hairs, persistent styles still united and appear sucblavate at apex (hence the abandoned manuscript name rhopalostylys).

It is a subtropical plant.