Tapinanthus dependens (Engl.) Danser

Stems spreading then pendent to 1–3 m. long, glabrous, iron-grey, densely lenticellate.. Leaves mostly opposite; petiole 5–12 mm. long; lamina coriaceous, dull green, linear-lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, 5–21 cm. long, 0.7–5 cm. wide, acute to obtuse at the apex, generally cuneate or attenuate at the base, sometimes glandular-hairy at earliest stage of unfolding, with 4–6 pairs of lateral nerves, several lower ones strongly ascending.. Umbels several per axil and at older nodes, 2–4-flowered; peduncle 1–5 mm. long; pedicels in sockets, 0–2 mm. long; bract cupular, with small triangular limb, 2–3 mm. long.. Receptacle obconic, 1.5–2 mm. long.. Calyx cupular, 2–4 mm. long, truncate or erose, split by expanding corolla-base.. Corolla-tube 3–4 cm. long, pink to crimson outside, generally spotted white, redder along filament-lines inside, head of bud greenish white, darkening, lobes green to black inside; bud-heads oblong-ellipsoid, rounded to truncate, 5-angular, slightly ribbed, lobe-tips sometimes protruding as bosses or points up to 1 mm. long; basal swelling ellipsoid-obovoid, 4–10 mm. long, 3–5 mm. in diameter, the tube constricted for 3–5 mm. above; lobes 9–10 mm. long, reflexed, the upper expanded part 4–5 mm. long, 1–1.5 mm. wide.. Stamens red; tooth 0.5–0.7 mm. long; anthers 2.5–3 mm. long.. Style with a neck 2.5–3 mm. long; stigma capitate, 0.7–0.8 mm. across.. Berry red, oblong-ellipsoid, with persistent calyx, 10–12 mm. long, 6–8 mm. in diameter.. Fig. 11/3–8 (p. 76).