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Caespitosum glabrum, 4-5 cm. altum, ramis floriferis adscendentibus vel erectis, ad 10 cm. longis, internodiis 0.5-2 cm. longis; folia diu fere erecta, supra plana, dorso rotundata, lat. visa e medio superne leviter angustata, acuta vel subobtusa, papillis inconspicuis, 2-3.5 cm. longa. medio 2-4 mm. lata diametroque; cymae abbreviatae, saepe 2-3-ternatae; pedunculi ad 1 cm. longi, basi velparum supra bracteate bracteis ultimis 5-7 mm. longis; receptaculum breviter subclavatum, prope apicem constrictum ibique 3 mm., apice 6 mm., diam., ad 4 mm. longum; sepala 5, 4.5-7 mm. longa; petala 4-seriata, interiora pauca acutaque vel acuminata, in staminodia transeuntia, exteriora obtusa, inferne haud vel leviter augustata, alba, externe apice rosea, 7-10 mm. longa, ad 1.75 mm. lata; staminodia superne valde recurva, basi cum filamentis exterioribus ciliate papillata, alba, ad 6 mm. longa; filamenta conice conferta, alba, ad 4.5 mm. longa, interiora supra medium papillata, antheris pollineque luteis; glandulae sat distantes crenulatae; ovarium inter lobos obtusos leviterque compressos convexum, ad 1 mm. elevatum; stigmata 5, inferne crassa, longe denseque papillata, 3 mm. longa cum cauda gracili 1 mm.
Perennial, dwarf shrublet, up to 0.09 m high, with upright branches becoming caespitose with age, succulent. Leaves terete, flat above, rounded below, covered evenly by glassy bladder cells, apex blunt with larger bladder cells present, borne flat on ground. Flowers white in 2-or 3-ternate cymes. Flowering time spring to late summer. Capsules pale honey-coloured, 4-or 5-locular, closing bodies absent, covering membranes reduced to a ledge, expanding keels parallel, diverging at apex, valve wings broad, narrowing towards apex.
