Slender erect shrub to ± 2 m. tall, sts reduced; branches often fascicled, erect, ± virgate; branchlets puberulous when young. Lvs ascending, close-set, coriac., glab., often tinted red, on very short petioles; 4-7-(10) × 1-2 mm., ovate to rhomboid-ovate to oblong-ovate, concavo-convex, becoming patent, veins obscure; apex narrowed acuminately to blunt apiculus. Fls solitary, axillary, aggregated towards tips of branchlets, on peduncles c. 1·5 mm. long. Corolla white, lobes patent, broad-oblong, obtuse to subacute. Capsule ± 1·5 mm. long, subglobose, lobed; locules 5.

n = 13

n = 13

Slender erect shrub to 2 m tall, sometimes very small; branches often fascicled, erect, ± virgate; branchlets puberulous when young. Lvs ascending at first, becoming ± patent, close-set, 4-8-(10) × 1-4 mm, coriaceous, glabrous, often tinted red, on very short petioles. Lamina concave above, not keeled on back, lanceolate-oblong, oblong, ovate, rhombic-ovate to oblong-ovate; veins obscure; apex ± apiculate to narrow-acuminate. Fls solitary, axillary, aggregated towards tips of branchlets; peduncles c. 1.5 mm long. Bracts usually 10-20, strongly imbricate, ovate, conspicuously striate. Corolla white, c. 4-5 mm diam.; lobes patent, broad-oblong, obtuse to subacute, > tube. Capsule ± 1.5 mm long, subglobose, lobed.