Branching shrub to 2 m. tall. Branchlets stout, us. glab., length of internodes several × diam. Lvs (6)-8-15-(20) × 1-2.5 cm., linear-lanceolate, ± coriac.; lf-bud with distinct sinus, the lamina narrowed rather abruptly into short petiole; lamina evenly tapered to narrow subacute tip, glab. except for minute pubescence on margin, sts minutely remotely denticulate in upper half. Infls lateral, simple, = or > lvs, peduncle long. Pedicels 2-3 mm. long, = or > narrow ciliolate bracts. Calyx-lobes c. 2 mm. long, obtuse to subacute, ciliolate on pale membr. border. Corolla white or occ. pale lilac, tube to 2 × calyx, rather wide, lobes = or < tube. Capsule erecto-patent, acute, glab., > 2 × calyx.

n = 40