Spreading much-branched glabrous perennial to 1.5 m. tall; stems sometimes rooting at the lower nodes.. Leaves spirally arranged, rarely in pseudowhorls of 2–3, often tending to be crowded towards the stem tops; petiole 0.5–3.8 cm. long, slender; lamina ovate, elliptic or lanceolate, 3–8.5(–14) cm. long, 1.9–4.2(–6) cm. broad, acute or acuminate, the base slightly attenuate; lateral veins 4–7 pairs; margin crenate-dentate, the lowermost teeth filiform and 2–3 mm. long.. Inflorescence a 3–many-flowered subumbellate raceme, the flowers magenta, mauvish or pale pink, often with a whitish centre.. Peduncle 2–8 cm. long, slender, suberect.. Bracts linear-lanceolate, 1–3 mm. long, acute.. Pedicels 13–18 mm. long.. Lateral sepals ovate-lanceolate, 2–3 mm. long, subacute.. Lower sepal navicular, 6–8 mm. long, 2.5–3 mm. deep, abruptly constricted into a 25–29 mm. long curved filiform spur, slightly swollen at the tip.. Dorsal petal suborbicular, 6–8 mm. long, 9–11 mm. broad, slightly emarginate, dorsally with a narrow crest terminating in a short acute point.. Lateral united petals 12–15 mm. long, the upper and lower petals of each pair almost equal in size and shape; upper petal obovate, 7–8 mm. long, 4.5–5.5 mm. broad, entire; lower petal obovate, 7–9 mm. long, 4–5 mm. broad, entire.. Ovary glabrous.. Fruit fusiform, 10–12 mm. long, 2–3 mm. broad.. Fig. 2/4, p. 4.
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