Epiphytic shrub up to 2 m. tall; stem, petioles, inflorescence, and hypanthia densely covered with straight, appressed, spinulose hairs 1-2 mm. long; leaves long-petioled, the blades ovate, 2-3.5 cm. long, about half as wide, acute, spinulose-ciliate, rounded at base, obscurely 5-nerved or weakly 7-pli-nerved, strigillose on both sides; flowers 4-merous, in terminal cymules; hypanthium obconic; sepals very short, acute, triangular, the exterior teeth subulate, erect, 5-6 mm. long; petals ovate, pink, 4 mm. long.
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