Rami decumbentes, ad 13 cm. longi, ad 1.5 mm. diam., ramulis erectis, 2-5 cm. altis; partes herbaceae glabrae, plus minusve asperulae ob papillas, leviter prominentes, albas; folia mox patentia, supra visa linearia vel oblongo linearia, acuta vel acuminata, obscure carinata, 1.8-2.8 cm. longa, 5-4 mm. lata; flores laxe dispositi, saepe solitarii vel 2-3-nati, lateralibus tardissime evolutis, 2.5-3.2 cm. diam.; pedunculi graciles, 0.5-1.5 cm. longi; receptaculum obconicum, 3-4 mm. longum, ad 5 mm. diam.; sepala 5, in genere inter brevissima neque in cultis accrescentia, apice, praecipue extima, subulata, 3-5 vel 4-6 mm. longa, 3-4 marginata; petala exteriora 1-2-seriata, saepius obtusa, inferne e medio angustata, saturate rosea, ad 1.5 cm. longa, saepius ad 1.5 mm. lata, interiora pauca, in staminodia pauca transeuntia; filamenta conferta, rosea, ad 4 mm. longa, exteriora ciliate papillata, interiora leviter incumbentia, supra medium sat dense roseo papillata, antheris pollineque pallidis; ovarium sat planum, lobis abrupte leviterque elevatis; substellatim patentibus, compressis; stigmata 5, anguste subulata, caudata, ad 3 mm. longa cum cauda 1 mm.
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