Shrub (?), nodose, glabrous; flowering internodes rather short and slender, glandular-dotted; leaves ovate or lance-ovate, apex gradually sharp-acuminate, base inequilateral, acute, or equilaterally rounded and obtuse, 3.5-5.5 cm. wide X 10-13 cm. long, pinnately nerved from below the upper third, the nerves about 4-5 on each side, with faint cross-connecting-anastomosing nervules, strongly glandular-dotted on both sides, drying rather thick, narrowly revolute, subtranslucent, glossy above, dull beneath; petiole 1-1.5 cm. long, vaginate at the base, or on larger leaves to the blade; spikes as yet immature, somewhat curved, apiculate, 3 mm. thick X 2-3 cm. long; peduncle slender, scarcely 1 cm. long; bracts round-or subquadrangular-subpeltate, densely yellow-fringed, the fringe hairs filiform; ovary and fruit not developed.
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