Twigs glabrous or sparsely pulverulent-puberulous, the terminal buds small, with pulverulent-puberulous scales which often bear large vesicular glands on the margin. Leaves glabrous or sparsely pulverulent-puberulous beneath, ± elliptic, long acuminate, with acute often attenuate base and entire or slightly denticulate margin which contains a row of large vesicular glands, 4½-7½ by 2-3 cm; nerves 5-6 pairs, meeting in a looped intramarginal vein; petiole 7-8 mm. Flowers in a lax raceme of 4-10 cm, the axis sparsely pulverulent-puberulous. Bracts and bracteoles persistent, with same indument, ½ and 1 mm long respectively. Pedicel slender, 2—15 mm. Calyx sparsely pulverulent-puberulous, divided into semi-ellliptic ½ mm long lobes. Corolla c. 3 mm. Stamens c. 25. Disk annular, glabrous. Ovary with same indument as calyx, c. P^nim high; style glabrous, c. 3 mm. Fruit ellipsoid, c. 10 by 4 mm, the small calyx incurved; stone spindle-shaped, with shallow lengthwise grooves, 1-celled. Seed 1, straight with straight embryo.
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