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Leaves at flowering time immature and restricted to the apex of the main stem; immature blades 3.5–6.5 × 0.9–4.5 cm, narrowly to broadly elliptic, ± acute at the apex, cuneate at the base, pubescent above, densely tomentose beneath; petiole 3–6 mm long; mature leaves drying greyish-black, 9.8–16.5 × 2.5–4.8 cm, very narrowly elliptic to elliptic, acute to acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, densely scabrid-pubescent above, tomentose beneath; lateral nerves in 8–10 main pairs; domatia absent; bacterial nodules dot-like, raised beneath; petiole 0.3–1 cm long; stipule-limbs triangular, 2–6 mm long, pubescent outside, with silky hairs inside; arista 2–8 mm long.
Inflorescences compact to ± lax, 1.1–2.2 cm across (excluding corollas); primary inflorescence branches usually suppressed, so that at least some pedicels arise directly from the node; secondary and tertiary branches 1–4 mm long; pedicels 2–7 mm long, pubescent; bracts ± ovate, 3–9 mm long, pubescent outside, with dense silky hairs inside.
Calyx densely pubescent; tube 0.75–1 mm long; limb-tube 0.5–1 mm long, slightly wider than the tube; lobes triangular, 0.25–1 mm long, 0.5–0.75 mm wide at base, tapered at apex.
Erect little-branched rhizomatous suffrutex 20–40(50) cm tall or shrub 1.2 m tall; young branches pubescent; older branches 2–3(4) mm thick, covered with buff flaking bark.
Corolla tube 0.85–1.7 cm long, c. 1.25 mm wide at the top, glabrous outside, not bearded at the throat; lobes 4–5 × 1.25–1.5 mm, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse.
Inflorescence-supporting branches abbreviated, up to 2.1 cm long, or virtually suppressed, leafless, up to 7 pairs per stem.
Fruit and seed not known.
