J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 25(19): 153 (1908)
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Low, prostrate, much-branched shrub; young shoots covered with adpressed flattened shining brown hairs. Leaves persistent, chartaceous, monomorphic, elliptic to elliptic-obovate, 0.5-1.2 x 0.2~lcm, 2-2.5 x as long as broad, apex acute or mucronulate, base cuneate, margin entire, upper surface with scattered pilose hairs borne on raised pustules, lower surface paler, with scattered adpressed shining brown hairs; petioles l-4mm, densely strigose. Inflorescence 2-3~flowered; pedicels 3-5mm, densely covered with flattened shining brown hairs. Calyx strigose, lobes c.2mm, ciliate. Corolla funnel-campanulate, dark-red, 20-25mm; tube villous within. Stamens 10, longer than corolla, filaments pilose in lower half. Ovary densely setose; style glabrous. Capsule not known.
China (N Taiwan)
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