Description: Perennial herb, 10–30 cm tall; stem, petioles, leaves, inflorescences, bracts, pedicels and sepals densely covered with long multicellular glandular and brown arachnoid hairs. Leaves 4–10, opposite decussate, congested at the apex of the stem, elliptic, ovate or oblong, 7–16 cm; apex acute; base cordate, cuneate or obtuse; blade coriaceous; margin serrate or crenate; secondary veins 7–9 on eachside; petiole 2–12 cm long. Inflorescences 1–6, axillary near apex, compound dichasia; peduncle 5–9.5 cm long; bracts orbicular to elliptic, 1.5–2 x1–1.8 cm; secondary branches 3.5–4 cm long, densely congested branched above, 1–1.5 cm long; flowers paired; pedicels 0.7–1 cm long. Calyx 5-lobed, fused at base; lobes linear, 3–4 mm long. Corolla white, campanulate; tube0.8–1.2 cm long, with pinkish purple spots at the connection of the filaments; lobes boradly ovate to suborbicular, ca 3.5 x 4–5.5 mm. Stamens 2, inserted near base of corolla tube; filaments slightly longer than the anthers, ca 6 mm long; staminodes 3. Ovary glabrous, 4–5 mm; style ca 6 mm;stigma capitate. Capsule cylindric, twisted, 1.8–2.5 cm long. Seeds numerous. |
