Glischrocolla

Shrubs or shrublets, erect or ascending, with dichotomous branching; young branches 4-ridged. Leaves imbricate, with pale, almost white margins, grooved above and with prominent midrib on lower surface. Flowers in terminal, congested racemes, bracteate; lower bracts foliaceous, upper narrow. Perianth: tube cylindric, narrowed slightly towards base and throat, yellow, changing to carmine; lobes reduplicate-valvate in bud, becoming reflexed with age. Stamens shorter than perianth lobes and filaments shorter than anthers; anthers cordate-ovate; thecae with membranous margin and longer than connective. Ovary 4-locular, with 2 erect and 2 pendulous ovules in each locule; style terete, as long as or longer than perianth tube; stigma capitate, obscurely 4-lobed. Capsule 13-15 mm long, excluding persistent style base.