Small and suffruticose; twigs, petioles and leaves at first rusty subtomentose-villous; internodes short and rather slender; leaves lance-elliptic, apex long-attenuate, base obliquely cordulate, one side 2-3 mm. longer, 3.5-5 cm. wide X 11-14 cm. long, pinnately nerved from the lower half, the nerves 3-5 on each side, with strong cross-connecting-anastomosing nervules, becoming slightly pouched between veins, the midrib above moderately pubescent, subvillous beneath, the nerves rather strongly so, the hairs staring and of various lengths, the longest nearly 1 mm. long, drying papery, translucent; petiole scant 3 plus 2-3 mm. long, densely villous; spikes 3 mm. thick X 2.5 cm. long; peduncle 3 mm. long; stigmas on a short style.
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