Shrubs. Branchlets 4-angled, stellate tomentose, densely yellow glandular, nodes with a transverse scar. Petiole ca. 1.5 cm; leaf blade lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 11-16 X 2-5 cm, yellow glandular, abaxially stellate tomentose, adaxially puberulent especially along veins, base acute, margin serrate, apex acute. Cymes 7-9 cm across; peduncle 3-5.5 cm. Calyx ca. 1 mm, subtruncate, glabrous. Corolla ca. 2.5 mm, glabrous. Filaments ca. 4 mm. Ovary glabrous, glandular. Fruit black when dry, ca. 1.5 mm in diam. Fl. Jul-Sep, fr. Oct.

* Mountain slopes, along stream banks; 100-700 m. Guang-dong, Guangxi.