Delosperma esterhuyseniae L.Bolus

Humile, primum caespitosum vel compactum, cum aetate sublaxum, glabrum, partibus herbaceis minutissime papillosis; radix lignosa, senecta 1.5 cm. diam.; rami primarii tandem 3-5 cm. longi vel ultra, ad 3 mm. diam., reliquiis foliorum delapsorum, persistentibus per annos plures, vestiti, internodiis in vaginis inclusis vel rarius ad 1.2 cm. longis, ramulis hornotinis saepius 2, lateraliter productis, 2-4-foliatis; folia saepe fere erecta, subclavata, supra plana vel Ieviter concava, obtusa vel abrupte acuta, lat. visa apice rotundata, obscure carinata, carina eccentrica, vel dorso fere rotundata, 1.5-3 cm. longa, ad 4-5 mm. lata diametroque; flores solitarii meridiani; receptaculum Ieviter compressum, in pedunculum clavatum, 7 mm., fructiferum ad 2.6 cm., longum, gradatim abeuns, 2 mm. longum, 4 mm. diam.; sepala 5, acuta, basi 2-3 mm. lata, extima 2 e medio superne angustata leviterque compressa, ad 6 mm. longa, intima 2 e basi superne angustata, membranis amplis, ad 5 mm. longa: petala sat dense 6-seriata, nivea, exteriora ca. 3-seriata, inferne angustata, obtusa vel subacuta, 1-1.2 cm. longa, 0.75-1.5 mm. lata, interiora sat pauca, linearia acuta, 5-8 mm. longa, 0.25-0.5 mm. lata; staminodia nulla; filamenta erecta conferta nivea, ca. 5-seriata, 1-3 mm. longa, intima tantum papillata, papillis prope apicem positis, paucis, sat longis, antheris pollineque laete luteis; glandulae approximatae, Ieviter elevatae, crenulatae; ovarium circa marginem planum, lobis sat abrupte ad 1 mm. elevatis, obtuse profundeque compressis; stigmata 5, anguste subulata, caudata, 3 mm. longa cum cauda 1 mm.; capsula infra late obconica, 10-nervata, supra ad 3 mm. elevata, lobis valde compressis, ad 8 mm.