Bushy shrub 1-2 m. tall. Branchlets slender, with fine bifarious pubescence, length of internodes us. 2-6 × diam., lf-scars remaining rather rough. Lvs spreading, c. 2 cm. × 6 mm., obovate- to elliptic-oblong, subcoriac., "bright green", glossy; lf-bud without sinus, lf-base narrow; lamina subacute, entire, glab., but the margin opaque with microscopic hair-like cilia. Infls lateral, simple, 3-4 cm. long in fl., elongating in fr. Fls not very crowded and pedicels us. obvious; peduncle c. half subtending lf, very finely pubescent. Bracts very small, ciliolate, obtuse to acute, much < pedicels. Calyx-lobes 1-1·5 mm. long, some or all subacute on each fl., ciliolate, membr. border very narrow. Corolla white, tube wide, scarcely = calyx, lobes > tube, c. 2 mm. long, rounded. Ovary with fine close pubescence, sts extending to style. Capsule 3 × 2 mm. to 4 × 2.5 mm.,·narrow and pointed, drying rather light brown, 2-3 × calyx-lobes.

n = 40