Glabrum, laxe ramosum, inter graciliores in genere; rami erecti virgatique et 20 cm. longi, vel patentes vel decumbentes, 1-2 mm. diam.; internodiis 2.5-4 cm. longis, papillis siccis leviter prominentibus; folia erecta vel fere erecta, supra concava, dorso rotundata, lat. visa acuta vel acuminata, 2-3.2 cm. longa, medio 3-4.5 mm. lata, 2.5-3.5 mm. diam.; flores 3-nati vel irregulariter 2-3-ternati; pedunculi a receptaculo subdistincti, intermedii 1-3.5 cm. longi; receptaculum turbinatum, prope medium levissime constrictum, in genere inter longa, 4-5 mm. longum, ad 6 mm. diam., in fructu immaturo late obconicum, 8 mm. diam.; sepala 5, acuta vel acuminata, 4-6 mm., vel 5-7 mm., vel 5-8 mm., longa, vel accrescentia ad 9 mm.; petala 1-2-seriata, apice saepius rotundata, inferno vix: angustata itaque linearia, alba, 7-8 mm. longa, 0-75-L mm. lata; staminodia rosea, superne pallidiora vel alba. Acuminata, inferne obscure papillate ciliata, ad 6 mm lunga, filamenta pallide rosea, ad 4.5 mm. longa, intima supra medium papillata, polline albido; glandulae distantes crenulatae; ovarium supra pro sections planum, lobis subdistantibus obtusis, altitudinem glandularum vix attingentibus; stigmata subulata, 3 mm. longa, parum supra basin cum papillis ad 11 mm. diam.
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Perennial, dwarf shrublet, growing upright to decumbent, up to 0.2 m high, adventitious roots with thickened portions. Leaves succulent, spindle-shaped, with bladder cells evenly spaced, apex acute, concave above, rounded below. Flowers solitary or 2-or 3-ternate, white with pale pink filamentous staminodes arranged in a cone of stigmas. Flowering time spring to late summer. Capsules pale honey-coloured, 5-locular, closing bodies absent, covering membranes reduced to a ledge, expanding keels parallel, valve wings as broad as expanding keels.
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