Shrubs. Branchlets glabrous; buds pubescent. Petiole 5--7 mm; leaf blade narrowly elliptic 4--8 X 1--3 cm, glabrous, base narrowly cuneate, apex slightly acuminate, lateral veins 3--5 pairs. Racemes 3--5 cm, brown pubescent; bracts early deciduous, oblong, 3--4 mm, puberulent, glandular punctate; bractlets early deciduous, ca. 1.5 mm, puberulent. Ovary ca. 1 mm, glabrous. Calyx pubescent; lobes oblong, ca. 1.5 mm, slightly connate at base, glandular punctate. Corolla 5--6 mm. Stamens 20--25. Disc pilose, glandular. Style ca. 4 mm. Drupes not seen. Fl. Sep.