Glabrum; rami decumbentes graciles, saepe 1 mm. diam., culti luxuriantes cum floribus 10-16 cm. longi, internodiis 2-3.5 cm. longis; ramuli adscendentes vel erecti; folia adscendentia, supra visa linearia acuta, primum concava, dorso rotundata, lat. visa prope apicem leviter angustata, acuta, papillis inconspicuis, inferiora 1.5-2.5 cm. longa, 4 mm. lata diametroque, superiora culta elongata ad 4 cm., 3 mm. lata diametroque; flores primum quasi solitarii, demum laxe irregulariterque 2-ternati; pedunculi 1.5-2.7 cm. longi; receptaculum turbinatum, 3.5 mm. longum, 4.5, vel demum 5 mm., diam.; sepala 5, e parum supra basin subulata, acuminata, 4-5 mm., vel 5-8 mm., longa vel rarius demum ad 1 cm. longa, basi 2.5-3 mm. lata, interiora rubre membranaceo marginata; petala 3-seriata, exteriora obtusa vel conspicue emarginata vel minute lacerulata, e supra medium interne subcuneate angustata, saepius 7-8 mm. longa, 0.75-1.5 mm. lata, interiora multo angustiora acuminata, in staminodia transeuntia, omnia saturate roseo purpurea; staminodia apice diu vix recurva, sat copiosa, stamina conice conferta bene superantia, saturate roseo purpurea, 4-6 mm. longa; filamenta pallide rosea, ad 3 mm. longa, exteriora infeme ciliate papillata, interiora prope medium papillata, antheris pollineque luteis; glandulae sat distantes; ovarium circa marginem concavum, lobis substellatim patentibus, leviter compressis, humillimis, primum vix ad 0.25 mm. elevatis; stigmata 5, externe rubre purpurea, anguste subulata, caudata, 2.5 mm. longa cum cauda 0.5 mm.
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