Erect shrub, c. 1 m high. Branches terete, c. 6 mm ø, glabrous. Leaves chartaceous, elliptic, lanceolate, or oblanceolate, 15-29 by 5-12 cm; apex acute to acuminate; base cuneate; glabrous above, sparsely puberulous beneath; basal nerves one pair, emerging slightly above the base and ascending to about half-way; lateral nerves 6-10 pairs; nerves elevated and prominent below, flat and distinct above; veins transverse, scalariform, connected with loosely reticulated veinlets, elevated below, visible or obscure above; petiole c. 1 cm, sparsely puberulous. Inflorescences at the basal part of the stem or near the ground, usually in the axils of bracts, single or sparsely branched near the base, racemiform, 12-14 cm long, puberulous; bracts lanceolate, 5-10 mm long, puberulous on both surfaces. Pedicel and ovary 9-11 mm long, puberulous. Perianth dark purplish or dark purplish maroon, campanulate, 37-45 mm long, with longitudinal and reticulate veins, sparsely puberulous on both surfaces; tube 17-20 mm long; lobes triangular, 20-25 by c. 20 mm, acuminate. Stamens in 2 whorls: upper row 9, lower 12; filaments glabrous, very short, c. 1.3 mm; anthers oblong, 0.7-1 mm long. Style column c. 3 mm long; lobes 7, c. 1.5 mm, glabrous. Capsules unknown.
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