It is described in “ the Coromandel Plants” as follows: 
« Stem erect, shrubby. Branches opposite, cross-armed, 
“ascending. Bark of the ligneous parts ash-coloured, with 
“ dark purplish specks. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, 
“ from elliptic to lanceolate, smooth, entire; length from 
* three to six inches. Séipules or rather connecting mem- 
“branes, broad, ensiform. Flowers sessile, in terminal 
“ corymbose heads, on short trichotomous branchlets, nu- 
“ merous, pure white. Bractes ensiform, villous, several 
“ surrounding each fascicle or head of flowers, as well as 
“ intermixed among them. Calyx above, 5-cleft, perma- 
“nent; divisions subulate. Corolla 1-petalled, funnel- 
“ shaped. Tube slender, widening a little towards the mouth. 
“ Border of five spreading oblong divisions. Filaments 5, 
“‘ very short, inserted into the tube of the corolla a little 
“ within its mouth. Anthers half-erect, linear.. Germen 
“beneath, oval. Style as long as the tube of the corolla; 
“ stigma 5-cleft. Capsule oblong, hairy, one-celled, five- 
“ valved, opening from the apex: seeds 5, one for each valve 
“of the capsule, black, compressed, enclosed in a dry 
“ Jatticed aril.” 
