Herbaceum glabrum, Iaxe ramosum; radix non visa, fortasse perennis; rami primarii 20 cm. longi, internodiis 3-5.5 cm. longis, ad 4 mm. diam.; partes herbaceae minute papillatae; folia sat mollia, supra visa linearia, superne gradatim angustata, acuta, plana vel sulcata, novella inconspicue carinata, adulta dorso saepius rotundata, 3.5-5.5 cm. longa, 2-5 mm. lata, 2-3 mm. diam.; flores diurni, laxe irregulariterque 2-3-ternati, cyma demum 9 cm. longa, 10 cm. diam.; pedunculi 1-2 cm., fructiferi ad 3.5 cm., longi, laterales basi bracteati; receptaculum subglobosum, 4-5 mm. longum, 5-6 mm. diam.; sepala 5, acuta, basi 3-4 mm. lata, 3 exteriora 1.2-1.4 cm. longa, 2 interiora superne subulata, ample marginata, 8 mm. longa; petala ca. 5-seriata, purpureo rosea, exteriora inferne leviter, interiora nullo modo, angustata, obtusa vel obscure emarginata, 1-1.9 cm. longa, 0.25-1.25 mm. lata; staminodia copiosa gracillima, ad stamina coniceHerbaceum glabrum, Iaxe ramosum; radix non visa, fortasse perennis; rami primarii 20 cm. longi, internodiis 3-5.5 cm. longis, ad 4 mm. diam.; partes herbaceae minute papillatae; folia sat mollia, supra visa linearia, superne gradatim angustata, acuta, plana vel sulcata, novella inconspicue carinata, adulta dorso saepius rotundata, 3.5-5.5 cm. longa, 2-5 mm. lata, 2-3 mm. diam.; flores diurni, laxe irregulariterque 2-3-ternati, cyma demum 9 cm. longa, 10 cm. diam.; pedunculi 1-2 cm., fructiferi ad 3.5 cm., longi, laterales basi bracteati; receptaculum subglobosum, 4-5 mm. longum, 5-6 mm. diam.; sepala 5, acuta, basi 3-4 mm. lata, 3 exteriora 1.2-1.4 cm. longa, 2 interiora superne subulata, ample marginata, 8 mm. longa; petala ca. 5-seriata, purpureo rosea, exteriora inferne leviter, interiora nullo modo, angustata, obtusa vel obscure emarginata, 1-1.9 cm. longa, 0.25-1.25 mm. lata; staminodia copiosa gracillima, ad stamina conice conferta adpressa eaque bene excedentia; filamenta alba, 2-5 mm. longa, interiora medio vel parum supra laxe longeque papillata, antheris pollineque albidis; glandulae inter humiles in genere, approximatae; ovarii lobi compressi, ad 1 mm. elevati; stigmata subulata, ad 3 mm. longa cum cauda 1 mm.; capsula interne obconica, 6 mm. longa, ad 1.1 cm. diam., suturis valde compressis, apice ringentibus, per 3 mm. elevatis; semina rotunde obovata, pallide brunnea, ad 0.75 mm. longa.
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