Abstract: Herba perennis erecta circa 0.5-1 m alta, subcarnosa dense sericeo-pubescens, in sicco brunnescens. Folia opposita per paria inaequalia unum majus alterum minus late elliptica, 11-27 (-30) cm longa, 6-16 (~ 19) Cm lata, apice acuta, basi. cuneata inaequalia, supra viridia dense brevissimeque sericeo-pubescentia, subtus cinereoviridia dense longiusculeque sericeo-pubescentia, margine serrata, nervis late-ralibus 8-11 paribus, supra impressis, subtus prominentibus; petiolo 1-5.5cm longo, ca. 7-8 mm diam., dense sericeo-pubescenti. Inflorescentiae dichotomo-cymosae axillares ca. 12-16 cm longae, ca.10-florae; pedunculi ca. 8-9 cm longi,dense sericeo-pubescentes;bracteis oppositis hemisphaericis, viridulis liberis 0.8-1.5 cm longis, 0.8-1.3 cm latis, dense sericeo-pubescentibus saepe deciduis.

Key words: New species , chirita, Guanxi