Erectum, copiose ramosum, 4-6 cm. altum; partes berbaceae virides papillatae, papillis sat conspicuis subnitentibus; caulis sat crassus, ramis primariis ad 5 mm. diam.; ramuli floriferi decumbentes vel adscendentes, saepius 4-7 cm. longi, 1-2 mm. diam., internodiis saepius 0.5-2 cm. longis; folia supra leviter concava, dorso rotundata, lab. visa basin versus leviter, superne vix, angustata, subobtusa, saepe 2.2 cm. longa, 4 mm. lata, 2 mm. diam., vagina 1 mm. longa; cymae breves, sat compactae, irregulariter ternatim ramosae; flores fugitantes diurni, sessiles vel pedunculo 2 mm. longo; receptaculum subglobosum vel obconicum, 3-4 mm. longum, 4-5 mm. diam.; sepala 5, sat crassa, 3-4 mm. longa, exteriora obtusa; petala 4-seriata, interiora pauca, emarginata vel 3-5-denticulata, inferne angustata, roseo prupurea, 0.6-1 cm. longa, ad 1.25 mm. lata; staminodia stamina bene excedentia, recurvata rosea, inferne alba, ad 5 mm. longa; stamina pauca, conice collecta, filamentis albis, ad 3 mm. longis, intimis parum infra medium papillatis, antlieris albidis; glandulae pro genere leviter elevatae, contiguae itaque annulum formantes, crenulatae; ovarium supra fere planum, lobis stellatim patentibus, levissime elevatis, eompressis; stigmata 5, gracilia, superne leviter angustata, in setam exeuntia, 3 mm. longa, stamina excedentia; capsula 6 mm., expansa 1 cm., diam., supra vix elevata, lobis haud vel vix compressis, seminibus obovatis, conspicue muricatis, saturate brunneis, 1 mm. longis.
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