Erect shrub, c. 1 m high. Branches terete, c. 0.5 cm ø, slightly puberulous, glabrescent. Leaves chartaceous, oblanceolate or elliptic, (12-) 16-22 by 5-9.5 cm; apex acuminate; base cuneate or slightly obtuse; glabrous above, sparsely puberulous beneath; basal nerves 2 pairs, the inner one similar to the lateral nerves, emerging near the base and obliquely ascending halfway, the outer one very weak, short, and close to the margin; lateral nerves 4-7 pairs, elevated beneath, distinct above; veins transverse or scalariform, connected by transverse or reticulated veinlets, slightly elevated beneath, visible or rather obscure above; petiole 0.5-0.7 cm, subterete, sparsely puberulous. Inflorescences near the basal part of the stem, in axils of reduced leaves, simple or rarely with short branches, spiciform, 3-6.5 cm long, puberulous; bracts ovate or lanceolate, 2-7 mm long, puberulous on both surfaces. Pedicel and ovary c. 6 mm long, sparsely puberulous. Perianth c. 15 mm long, deeply lobed, sparsely puberulous outside, glabrescent, densely (glandular) papillate on the inner surface except glabrous at the apical and marginal parts of the lobe; veins invisible outside, obscurely reticulate near marginal parts of lobes; tube very short; lobes broad-ovate or suborbiculate, 10-12 by c. 11 mm, acute, short-acuminate, or obtuse. Stamens in 2 whorls: upper row 10, lower c. 14; filaments glabrous, very short; anthers oblong, c. 1.25 mm long. Style column short; lobes (6-) 10-14, 1.5-2 mm, glabrous. Capsules unknown.
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