Rounded bushy shrub to 1 m. tall. Branchlets very finely pubescent, length of internodes 1-3 × diam. Lvs erecto-patent to occ. deflexed, 1·5-2.5 cm. × 4-6 mm., elliptic to lanceolate, rather light green, smooth above, dull with ∞ stomata beneath; lf-bud with long narrow sinus, the lamina cuneately narrowed into short winged petiole; lamina acute, entire, glab. except for fine pubescence on slightly bevelled margin. Infls lateral, mostly simple but a few bi- or tri-partite on many plants, c. 2-4 cm. long; peduncle < adjacent lvs, finely pubescent. Bracts narrow, ciliolate, lowest acute, upper ones obtuse, mostly > pedicels which decrease from c. 2.5 mm. at base of raceme to < 1 mm. near its tip. Calyx-lobes c. 1·5 mm. long, obtuse to subacute in same fl., ciliolate. Corolla white, tube c. 3 mm. long, rather broad, lobes c. = tube. Capsule erect, c. 4 × 3 mm., glab.

n = 60

n = 60

2n = 120

2n = 120

2n = 120

n = 60