Young branchlets sericeous-villous. Leaves 3-4 mm. long, petiolate, coriaceous, glabrous and lustrous above, covered beneath with long appressed hairs, finally glabrescent, oblong, rounded at the base, gradually narrowed into an obtuse apex, 9-12 cm. long and 3-4 cm. broad. Flowers solitary in the axils of fallen leaves; pedicels thick, 5-6 mm. long. Sepals nearly wholly connate, forming a cup 8-10 mm. high and 10-11 mm. broad, ferruginous-sericeous on the outside. Petals thick, rigid, ligneous, 20-23 mm. long, the outer plane, oblong, sericeous on the outside, grey-tomentellous on the inner side, 8 mm. broad; inner petals quadrangular-pris-matic, very acute, about 3 mm. in diameter, broadened at the base. Stamens 1.5-2 mm. long. Carpels numerous (about 45). Fruit unknown.
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