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Shrub or subshrub to 1.5 m tall. Stem retrorsely pubescent with swollen nodes. Stipules ovate-lanceolate, often rather long persistent; petiole 0.1-0.4 cm long, vaginate at base, retrorsely pubescent; blade not scabrous, not conspicuously glandular-dotted, narrowly lanceolate, 5-11 x 1-2.8 cm, apex long-acuminate, base equal or almost equally attached to petiole, acute, glabrous; pinnately veined, secondary veins 6-10 per side, originating from throughout primary vein, plane above, prominulous below, anastomosing well within margin. Inflorescence erect; peduncle 0.2-0.4(-0.7) cm long, retrorsely pubescent; spike almost globose, to 1 x 1.5 cm, apiculate; floral bracts cucullate, glabrous. Infructescence erect, green; fruits depressed globose or obovoid, ca. 2.5 mm wide (when dried), glabrous, stigmas 3(-4?), sessile.
