Shrub, 1-2 m. tall, nodose; flowering internodes short and slender, moderately to sparsely villous, glabrescent downward, hairs up to 1 mm. or more long, some-what granular and glandular-dotted; leaves elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, apex rather long-acuminate, base rounded, inequilateral, one side 2-4 mm. shorter, obtuse, the longer side cordulate, pinnately nerved from the lower half, the nerves mostly alternate, 4 or in larger leaves 5 on each side, with slender cross-connecting and anastomosing nervules, 4.5-7.5 cm. wide X 14-20 cm. long, smooth or very slightly scabrous, sparsely long-villous above, loosely long-villous beneath, at least along the nerves, the hairs mostly erect, drying papery, glandular-dotted, trans-lucent; petiole 2-4 plus 2 mm. long, villous, vaginate at the base; spikes 3 mm. thick X 7.5 cm. long; peduncle scarcely 1 cm. long, granular, glabrous; bracts round-subpeltate, moderately fringed, a few dorsal hairs longer; fruit obpyramidal-trigonous, glandular-dotted, apex truncate, glabrous, stigmas sessile.
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