Glabrous except for the corolla rarely shortly tomentose. Leaves opposite; lamina narrowly ovate to narrowly obovate, 3-5.5 by 1.2-2 cm, cuneate to attenuate at the base to a petiole 2-5 mm long, recurved at the margin, mostly rounded and shortly mucro-nate or rarely acute at the apex, dull or slightly lustrous above, dull below; venation pinnate with the midrib distinct above and raised below and the main laterals visible on both sides. Inflorescencess at the nodes, a raceme of 1 or 2 opposite pairs of flowers; axis 2-7 (-13) mm long; pedicels 1-6 mm long; bracts small, the lateral ones usually connate. Corolla in mature bud 6-merous, 22-28 mm long, slender, angular, weakly alate above the middle, weakly clavate and acute at the apex, mostly red or pink below, dark coloured at the neck and green to yellow above; tube in the open flower 12-18 mm long with the lobes reflexed 3-4 mm higher. Anther 1.5-2 mm long, acute, about one fourth as long as the free part of the filament. Fig. 36a.
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