Semi-prostrate to erect shrub to 1 m. tall, with branches ± horizontally disposed. Branchlets bifariously to fully pubescent, length of internodes 1-2 × diam. Lvs spreading, often distichously by twisting of petioles, c. 15 mm. long, elliptic to obovate, subcoriac., ± glossy or varnished above; lf-bud with long narrow sinus; lamina subacute, the extreme tip blunt and thickened, entire, us. glab. Infls lateral, simple, 3-5 cm. long, very slender; peduncle short, hairy-pubescent. Fls shortly pedicelled in axils of short ciliolate bracts. Calyx-lobes 1-1·5 mm. long, us. quite obtuse, ciliolate. Corolla white, tube < calyx, lobes 3-3·5 mm. long when dry. Capsule erect, not strongly acuminate, glab., pale, us. c. 3 × calyx.

n = 21

2n = 42

n = 21