Carpacoce burchellii Puff

Dwarf shrub ('bisexual') or ('female'), many-stemmed, ± erect and cylindrical. Stems c. (50-)80-300 mm long, unbranched to sparsely branched. Leaves decussate; blades 3-7(-9) x 0.7-1(-2) mm, linear, ericoid, glabrous or margins slightly scabrid; base of blades ± sac-1ike, stipular sheath cup-shaped. Flowers in groups of 1-4 at nodes, ± sessile, or sometimes terminal, shortly pedicellate; calyx 5-merous, lobes (1.5-)2-3.5 mm long, 1 often distinctly larger than the others; corolla 5-merous ('bisexual') tube 1-2 mm long, lobes (2-)3-4 x 0.5-1 mm; anthers 1.5-2 mm long; stigma often shorter than in('female') ('female'): tube 0.3-0.6 mm long, lobes 0.4-1 x 0.2-0.3 mm; stigma 1, (4-)5.5-8 mm long; ovary(1-)1.5-2.2 x 1-1.5 mm, with 1 fertile ovule. Mature fruit not seen.