Decaschistia rufa Craib in Bull. Misc. Inform. 1912: 35.1912; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 94. 1915.

Shrubs; young branches pubescent with reddish hairs becoming paler at maturity. Leaves 3.5 - 7.5 x 4 - 7 cm, almost rounded, subcordate or rounded at base, shortly acuminate, acute or subobtuse at apex, crenate densely stellate-pubescent on both surfaces, densely beneath; 7-nerved at base; petioles 1.5 - 3.5 cm long, densely pubescent; stipules 4 - 8 mm long, linear, 1 or 2 - 3-lobed, pubescent, deciduous. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicels 1.5 - 2 cm long, stout, densely stellate-pubescent, reddish. Epicalyx segments ca 10 x 4 mm, ovate lanceolate, connate at base, acuminate or subacute, densely stellate-pubescent. Calyx campanulate, divided to the middle, lobes 1 - 1.2 cm long, broadly deltoid, densely stellate-pubescent outside, appressed stellate-hairy inside. Corolla 2.5 - 3 cm across; petals 2 - 2.5 x 1 - 1.5 cm, densely stellate-hairy outside, glabrous outside. Staminal column ca 1.2 cm long, antheriferous throughout. Ovary ovoid, ca 3 x 2.2 mm.

Distrib. India: Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

Endemic.