Hypericum valleanum N. Robson

Shrubc.lm tall, erect, with branches strict, pseudo-dichotomous and lateral. Stems orange-brown, compressed? when young, soon subterete to terete, cortex exfoliating irregularly; internodes 1-2 mm long. Leaves sessile, subimbricate, narrowly spreading and twisting, subtetrastichous, deciduous above base without fading; lamina 11-17 x 2-3 mm, narrowly elliptic, shallowly incurved, not cucullate, midrib impressed, margin very narrowly hyaline, concolorous, not glaucous, coriaceous; apex sharply acute, base angustate, not sheathing, pairs united to form very narrow interfoliar ridge; basal vein 1, unbranched; laminar glands dense, large, visible beneath. Inflorescence 1-flowered, with pseudo-dichotomous branches from node below; pedicel stout, 3-4 mm long; upper leaves not transitional. Flowers c. 20 mm in diam.?, stellate. Sepals 7-10 x 2-2.8 mm, narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, acute to acuminate, incurved above, margin narrowly hyaline, veins 5, the outer branched, midrib not or scarcely prominent; glands linear, distally punctiform. Petals bright (?) yellow, 10-12 x 5-6 mm, c. 1.2-1.4 x sepals, obovate; apiculus sharply acute; glands striiform to punctiform. Stamens c. 60 ?, longest 5-6 mm long, c. 0.5 x petals. Ovary c.2x 1.5 mm, ellipsoid; styles 3, c. 3 mm long, c. 1.5 x ovary, stout, suberect; stigmas narrow. Capsule and seeds not seen.