Plants 10–20 cm.. Leaves linear, 5–25 cm. long, 1–8 mm. wide, ± succulent, often with ciliate margins.. Peduncles 3–15 cm. long, glabrous.. Inflorescence a simple raceme, 3–7 cm. long, with 3–15 flowers; floral bracts membranous, cuspidate, up to 12 mm. long.. Pedicels semipatent, sometimes drooping in fruit, 5–25 mm. long, elongating to 40 mm. with age.. Tepals white with green stripes on the outside, 9–10mm. long, 2–3 mm. wide.. Stamens shorter than the tepals, with filaments up to 4 mm. long; the yellow-orange anthers shorter and curled after anthesis.. Capsule subglobose with a rounded triangular cross-section, 3–8 mm. long, slightly ridged, but not verrucose.. Seeds 2–3 mm. across.. Fig. 1/1–4.
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