Small glabrous shrub.. Leaf-blades elliptic or obovate, 7–12 cm. long, 3–4.5 cm. wide, shortly acuminate at apex, cuneate at base, papyraceous; 5–7 pairs of main lateral nerves; pocket-domatia hairy; petiole 3–5 mm. long; stipules triangular, fused at the base, with awns 3–5 mm. long.. Flowers possibly heterostylous (only short-styled form seen), (5–)6(–7)-merous, subsessile, (1–)2 pairs in each axil, common peduncle obsolete; bracts and bracteoles 2–4, cupular with 4 unequal awns.. Calyx-tube glabrous; limb-tube 2–3 mm., ciliate at the margin; lobes subulate, 3 mm. long.. Corolla pure white, delicate, short-lived, glabrous inside and outside except for cilia on the margins of the lobes towards the tips; tube 15–25 mm. long, 1–3 mm. in diameter; lobes 12–18 mm. long, 7–8 mm. wide, with pointed tip.. Anthers sessile, 4–5 mm. long, with short hairy sterile appendage, more than half-included.. Placenta with 3–5 ovules.. Fruits unknown.
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