Branchlets tomentose, becoming sparsely so with age. Leaves opposite; petiole 1.8-2.2 cm long; blade subcoriaceous, ovate, 6.7-10.3 by 3.6-7.4 cm, 1.4-1.9 times as long as wide, apex acuminate, base cordate, brown pubescent on midrib and secondary veins above and beneath, otherwise glabrous, 6 or 7 pairs of secondary veins, ascending, prominent beneath, tertiary venation reticulate. Inflorescence of axillary cymes, 8.5-10.6 cm long; brown velutinous; peduncles 4.5-6.5 cm long; pedicels 3.5-4.7 mm long. Sepals ovate, 2.5-2.7 by 1.2-1.5 mm, 1-1.1 times as long as wide, apex acute, densely brown appressed velutinous. Corolla bright yellow, buds strongly constricted in middle, lobes slightly overlapping, open corolla strongly constricted in the middle with erect lobes; tube 7.1-7.6 mm long, 3.6-4.2 times as long as sepals, c. 2 times as long as lobes; lobes ovate, 4.5-4.7 by 2.4 mm, apex acuminate; sparsely pubescent on lobes and upper part of tube outside, densely pubescent below anthers and glabrous in upper part inside. Stamens inserted at c. 6.2 mm from corolla base which is c. 0.7 of tube length; filaments straight, pubescent, c. 1.3 mm long; anthers with narrow tails, c. 4.3 by 0.8 mm, c. 5.4 times as long as wide. Disk lobes fused at base, oblong, flat topped, c. 1.9 mm long. Ovary c. 1 mm long; style c. 7.3 mm long; style head c. 1.1 mm long. Fruit unknown.
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