Delosperma aliwalense L.Bolus

Glabrum, primum compactum, deinde ramos tioriferos patentes vel adscendentes, 6-9 cm. longos, emittens; rami graciles teretes, ad 1.5 mm. diam., internodiis 0.5-2.5 cm. longis; folia heteromorpha, inferiora anguste obovata vel elliptica, 0.9-1.3 cm. longa, medio 6-5 mm. lata, supra leviter convexa, intermedia elongata, apicem versus angustata, ad 3 cm. longa, medio 6 mm. lata, superiora linearia, supra concava, ad 2 cm. longa, ad 4 mm. lata, omnia basin versus angustata, dorso convexa, viridia, papillis inconspicuis; flores solitarii; pedunculi teretes, 2-4 cm. longi; receptaculum cum pedunculo apice dilatato breviter subclavatum, prope apicem leviter constrictum deinde ampliatum, 3 mm. longum, ad 5 mm. diam.; sepala 5, superne subulata, 4-6 mm., rarius ad 7 mm., longa, basi 2-2.5 mm. lata; petala 3-seriata sine intimis in staminodia transeuntibus, exteriora subaequalia, obtusa vel inconspicue emarginata, inferne leviter angustata, purpureo rosea, ad 1.1 cm. longa, ad 1.75 mm. lata, interiora pauca angusta acuminata; staminodia superne recurva, inferne cum filamentis exterioribus ciliate papillata, rosea, ad 5 mm. longa; filamenta conice conferta, pallida, ad 4 mm. longa, interiora supra medium papillata, antheris pollineque pallide luteis; glandulae sat distantes, obscure crenulatae, in genere inter minores; ovarii lobi obtusi, leviter compressi, sordide purpurei, per 0.5-0.75 mm. elevati; stigmata 5, anguste subulata, brevissime caudata, sat grosse papillata, fere ad 3 mm. longa.