Triaspis stipulata Oliv.

Branches terete, pilose, with closely appressed hairs, glabrescent. Leaves opposite, membranous, elliptical or ovate-elliptical, acute or acuminate, broadly rounded below, undulate-denticulate, glabrate and opaque above, more or less silky-pilose with appressed hairs beneath, 3-4 in. long, 1 1/2-2 1/2 in. broad; petioles 1/4- 1/3 in., with leafy semicircular or reniform stipular appendages, glabrescent above, silky beneath. Flowers very numerous, in large, terminal, leafy panicles. Pedicels umbellate or in umbellate corymbs, slender, 3/4-1 in.; bracteoles very minute. Calyx-lobes ovate-oblong. Lamina of petals fimbriate below. Styles elongate, compressed, with a prominent nerve or 3-gonous. Fruit not seen.