Stem 2-3mm.diam., glab., rooting along its length and us. hidden by distichously imbricate horizontal lvs. Lamina ± coriac., c. 8-10 × 5-8mm., obovate, narrowing gradually into short broad petiole; margins almost entire or with 1-2small notches on each side; undersurface glab., upper surface with long hairs (up to 20 cells) us. produced only near margins and wearing off as lf ages. Peduncle erect, c. 8 cm. tall, hairs long and us. gland-tipped, one or occ. 2 pairs of sessile cauline lvs below floral bracts. Bracts in us. 2-3 pairs, obovate, entire; adaxial surface glab. or with a few long tapering hairs, abaxial surface with ∞ long glandular hairs ± mixed with tapering ones. Pedicels at first < corolla, elongating to 2 cm. in fr., clad in multicellular hairs, many or all of them gland-tipped. Calyx 6-7 mm. long, unevenly divided; lobes broad, obtuse, hairs ∞, long, and many gland-tipped. Corolla 1·5-2 cm. diam., glab. outside.
Home