Isoglossa woodii C.B.Clarke

Monocarpic suffrutex to large shrub, 0.2-5.0 m tall. Stems soft to woody, diameter 2-50 mm, either bifariously hairy or with hairs on all sides. Leaves ovate to broadly elliptic, (22-)51-117(-156) x (12-)27-68(-93) mm, acute to acuminate; base obtuse to rounded; lateral veins 4 to 9, usually 5 to 7. Petiole (7.5-)17-69(-130) mm long. Inflorescences terminal and axillary, compact or interrupted; flowers 2 at a node; terminal inflorescence (15-)36-77(-113) x (5-)7-13(-18) mm; leaf below inflorescence spathulate to obovate, (3.5-) 22(-47) x (2.5-)5.2-16(-32) mm, acuminate; bracts with rare short and rare to sparse long eglandular trichomes and rare glandular trichomes with 3 to 4 stalk cells especially near the base of the outer surface and sparse short and sparse to dense long eglandular trichomes and rare glandular trichomes with 3 to 4 stalk cells on the margins; bracts at base of inflorescence obovate, (5-)6-11(-19) x (3.5-)4.3-8.8(-15) mm, acuminate; bracts next to open flower spathulate to obovate, (3-)4.3-8.6(-13) x (1-)1.9-5.6(-12) mm, acuminate; lateral inflorescence (12-)21-52(-82) x (5-)5.8-10(-16) mm; leaf below inflorescence spathulate to obovate, (1.2-)4.1-9.8(-17) x (2-)3-5.6(-8.5) mm, acuminate; bracts at base of inflorescence obovate, (2-)3.1-5.6 (-8.5) x (1.2-)1.8-4.1(-5.5) mm, acuminate; bracts next to open flower spathulate to obovate, (1.5-)3.5-7.2(-12) x (1-)1.4-4.5(-11) mm, acuminate. Sepals linear, (3-)5-8(-11) x (0.4-)0.5-0.8(-1.5) mm at anthesis; (4-)6.6-10(-12) x (0.4-)0.5-1.2(-2) mm at fruiting, outer surface with rare to sparse short and rare long eglandular trichomes and sparse to dense glandular trichomes with 3 to 4 stalk cells, margins with rare to sparse short and long eglandular trichomes and sparse glandular trichomes with 3 to 4 stalk cells. Corolla tube (2.5-)4.2-7.4(-12) x (1-)1.6-2.7(-4) mm; upper lip (4-)4.7-6.4(-7) x 4-5.4 (-6) mm; lower lip (4-)4.7-6.4(-7) x (4-)4.6-6.4(-7.5) mm; ridges on palate 7. Pollen grains 38.8 µm diam. Capsule (6.5-)7.8-11 (-12.5) x (1.5-)2.4-3.8(-5) mm. Seeds (1.5-)2.2-3.5(-4) x (1.2-)2.9(-3.5) mm.