Struthiola tomentosa Andrews

An undershrub; branches slender, at first tomentose, at length covered with raised scars; leaves closely imbricate, oval-oblong, subobtuse, up to 5 lin. long and 3 lin. wide, coriaceous, the lowermost sometimes smaller and linear-lanceolate, 3-5-nerved on the back, when young canescent, sometimes almost glabrous in age, the uppermost slightly sheathing; flowers in the axils of the upper leaves; calyx hairy; tube 5-6 lin. long, cylindrical; lobes oblong, subobtuse, about 0.5 lin. long, hairy; petals 12, rather longer than the calyx-lobes, surrounded by slightly shorter hairs; anthers included, oblong, acute, about 4 lin. long; ovary oblong.