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Leaf-lamina 8–20 × 0·2–0·4 cm., linear, attenuate at the apex, margin entire, acute at the base, ± coriaceous, ± glaucous-green, not punctate beneath, penninerved with indistinct reticulation; petiole 0–0·1 mm.
Cymes sessile or with a peduncle up to 5 mm. long, 1–3-flowered in male; bracts and bracteoles 1·5–2 mm. long, narrowly triangular to linear, fimbriate at the margin; pedicels 1–3 mm. long.
Glands of the lamina-base 2, 1–1·5 mm. in diameter, on 2 inconspicuous auricles; lamina-glands 10–20, 0·5–1 mm. in diameter, in a single row on either side of the midrib.
Erect unbranched herb up to 40 cm. high, the annual stems arising from an elongate rootstock.
Immature capsule 2 × 1·1 cm., ellipsoid, with a peduncle c. 1 cm. long.
Stipules 1·5–2 mm. long, triangular-lanceolate, acute.
Female flower not known.
Tendrils absent.
