Glaberrimum, diffuse ramosum; rami decumbentes, ad 30 cm. longi vel ultra, saepius 2 mm. diam., cuticula cinerea, internodiis 1.5-3 cm. longis; partes berbaceae virides levissimae; folia mox patentia vel reeurva, carinata, supra lateraliterque visa e medio superne gradatim angustata, infern e baud, vel interdum altero paris leviter, angustata, supra lateribusque plana, 2.5-4 cm. longa, 3-5 mm. lata diametroque, vel minora in ramulis brevibus floriferis, vagina 1-2 mm. longa; flores saepius irregulariter 2-ternati, diurni, ad 2 cm. diam.; pedunculi 2-5 mm. longi; receptaculum turbinatum, apice 6 mm. diam. inconspicueque 5-gibbosum; sepala 5, inaequilonga, 3 longiora 7-9 mm., 2 breviora ad 4 mm., longa, acuta; petala 2-3-seriata, in staminodia acuminata transeuntia, alba nitentia, ad 1 cm. longa, ad 1.5 mm. lata; staminodia stamina ad 4 mm. longa parum superantia, filamentis papillatis; glandulae crenatae; ovarium supra, medium versus, abrupte elevatum, lobis obtusis sat distantibus; stigmata 5, subulata, in setam desinentia, 3 mm. longa; capsula sat parva, 5 mm., vel expansa 8 mm., diam.
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Very glabrous, perennial, dwarf shrublet, up to 0.2 m high, stems decumbent. Leaves flat on top and sides, apex acute. Flowers irregularly 2-ternate, white. Flowering time spring to late summer. Capsules pale brown, 5-locular, closing bodies absent, covering membranes reduced to a narrow ledge.
Plants sprawling or prostrate. Densely branched, prostrate to decumbent shrublet, stems to 30 cm long. Leaves spreading, subterete. Flowers in cymes on pedicels 2-5 mm long, white, to 20 mm diam. Fruits ?-locular, ±5 mm diam.
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