Laxly branched shrub to 2 m. or more tall. Branchlets uniformly and finely pubescent, length of internodes us. much > diam. Lvs spreading, c. 4 cm. × 6 mm., narrow-lanceolate; lf-bud with sinus, sts very small; lamina of characteristic texture, drying almost black, glab. except for very fine pubescence above and sts below midrib, on entire margin and extending to petiole. Infls lateral, simple, us. >, often much > lvs. Pedicels long, bracts small or narrow, ciliolate. Calyx-lobes 1·5-2 mm. long, obtuse to subacute, ciliolate. Corolla white or very pale coloured, tube little > calyx, us. < rather pointed lobes. Capsule erect, glab., to 2 × calyx.