Frutex parvus, 30 cm. altus, e basi ramosus; rami graciles, adscendentes, teretes, cortice cinerascente magis minusve deciduo obtecti, rugosi et parce puberuli; ramuli novelli breves, subcompressi, cyanescentes, setoso-pilosi. Stipulae scariosae, usque ad 2 mm. longe vaginato-conjunctae, intus albido-villosae, subito et breviter cuspidatae, demum deciduae. Folia opposita, brevipetiolata; laminae parvae, herbaceae, anguste ellipticae, sicco cyanescentes, utrinque praesertim statu juvenili appresse pilosae, basi cuneatae et apice obtusae, tautum 3 cm. longae et 1 cm. latae, costis secundariis vix distinctis. Cymae simplices, plerumque 3-5-florae, axillares, oppositae, bracteolatae, cyanescentes, setoso-pilosae, 3-5 mm. longe pedunculatae; flores mediocres, 3-4 mm. longe pedicellati; alabastra obovoidea, subannulata, breviter apiculata, supra annulum pubescentia, 5-6.5 mm. longa; calycis lobi lineares, erecti, pubescentes 4-4.5 mm. longi; corollae tubus cylindricus, extra glabrescens, fauce parcissime pilosus, intus annulo pilorum reflexorum instructus, 3-3.5 mm. longus, lobi triangular-oblongi, breviter apiculati, extra pubescentes et intus subpapillosi, tubo aequilongi; antherae exsertae, oblongae, obtusae, glabrae, 1.25 mm. longae, filamentis gracilibus; stylus basin versus fusiformi-incrassatus, superne attenuatus, glaber, 1-1.5 mm. exsertus; stigma cylindricum, laeve 5-lobulatum, 0.75 mm. longum; discus glaber; ovarium campanulatnm, pubescens, 1-1.25 mm. altum, 5-loculare. Fructus adhuc non visus.
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Dwarf shrub, up to 300 mm tall. Leaves 30 x 10 mm, tomentose, rarely densely appressed pilose, elliptic. Cymes distinctly pedunculate, peduncles 3-5 mm long, 3-5-flowered. Calyx lobes 4.0-4.5 mm long, linear.
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