Erect bushy shrub to 1·5 m. tall. Branchlets bifariously pubescent, length of internodes 1-2 × diam. Lvs ± spreading, sts distichous, 1-2 cm. × 3-6 mm., elliptic-oblong, subcoriac., bright-green and smooth above, dull with ∞ stomata beneath; lf-bud with long narrow sinus, the lamina cuneately narrowed into short, scarcely winged petiole; lamina acute, entire, glab. except for minute hairs on ± bevelled margin, those towards base glandular. Infls lateral, simple or with 1-2 pairs of side branches, to 3∙5 cm. long; peduncle < adjacent lvs, sparsely pubescent. Bracts narrow, sparingly ciliolate, lowest to 3 mm. long, = pedicels in fl. Calyx-lobes c. 2∙5 mm. long, narrow, subacute to obtuse in same fl., ciliolate on membr. margin. Corolla white, tube rather > calyx especially in lower fls, lobes > tube. Capsule erect, c. 5 × 3∙5 mm., glab., > 2 × calyx.

2n = 120

n = 60

n = 60

2n = 120