A medium-sized, assurgent, terrestrial herb; stem 4 mm. thick when dry, ascending to 30 cm., sparsely crisp-villous above, glabrescent downward, inter-nodes 1-2 cm. long; leaves alternate, broadly elliptic or elliptic-obovate, slightly constricted toward the obtuse apex, base abruptly acute, palmately 3-nerved, the midrib and lateral nerves with numerous slender, anastomosing branches, sparsely crisp-villous on both sides, at least along the nerves toward the base, 2-3.5 cm. wide X 3-6 cm. long, ciliolate toward the apex, drying membranous, translucent, fine glandular-dotted beneath; petioles 5-15 mm. long, grooved above, the groove crisp-villous, clasping-decurrent; spikes terminal and axillary, loosely flowered, 1 mm. thick X 3 cm. long; peduncle 5-10 mm. long, sparsely crisp-villous; bracts round-peltate; ovary ovoid, apex oblique, stigma subapical; fruit not matured.
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