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Stems slender, mostly 0.1–0.3 mm. in diameter, yellowish or crimson.. Flowers small, subsessile, in dense clusters 5–10 mm. in diameter.. Calyx-lobes fleshy or turgid, obtuse or acute.. Corolla-lobes acute or obtuse, membranous or turgid at the tips, equalling or shorter than the corolla-tube.. Scales oblong, fringed, usually not bifid and usually not reaching to the base of the filaments, bridged low down or at the middle.. Styles and stigmas linear, slender, together 0.5–2 mm. long; styles longer or shorter than the stigmas.. Capsule depressed-globose, markedly splitting around the base.
Corolla campanulate-globose; lobes more or less acute or slightly obtuse, membranous or turgid at the apices, about equalling the tube or shorter, spreading.
Scales usually oblong, about reaching the stems or shorter, fringed, usually bifid, bridged low down or at the middle.
Calyx about enclosing the corolla tube or shorter, broadly campanulate; lobes fleshy or turgid, obtuse or acute.
Stamens shorter than the corolla lobes, filaments about equalling or longer than the anthers.
Ovary globose; styles longer or shorter than the stigmas, slender; stigmas slender.
Flowers up to 3 mm. long, usually whitish, subsessile, more or less fleshy.
Capsule depressed-globose, markedly splitting around the base.
Stems slender, up to 0.3 mm. in diam., yellowish or crimson.
Seeds ovate, granulated, mostly less than 1 mm. long.
Inflorescences more or less compact clusters.
