脱毛雀梅藤 tuo mao que mei teng

Shrubs unarmed. Branchlets subopposite or alternate, densely whitish tomentose. Petiole 2-3 mm, whitish tomentose; leaf blade elliptic, 1-1.5 × 0.7-1 cm, thinly leathery, abaxially densely whitish tomentose, glabrescent when old, adaxially sparsely tomentose, glabrescent, lateral veins 3 or 4 pairs, prominent abaxially, slightly impressed adaxially, base rounded, margin densely crenulate explanate (not revolute), apex shortly acuminate. Flowers sessile, in spikes or 2- or 3-fascicled at leaf axils; rachis 1-3 cm, densely whitish tomentose. Calyx sparsely puberulent. Stamens ca. as long as petals. Ovary glabrous. Fruit unknown. Fl. Jun, fr. unknown.

● Forests; 2000-3000 m. NW Yunnan.

Material of this species was not seen by the second author.