Glabrum, e basi diffusum, gracile, ca. 10 cm. altum; rami patentes vel adscendentes pallidi, minute aspcri. 6-13 cm. longi, ad 2 mm. diam., internodiis 0.5-1.5 cm., rarius ad 2 cm., longis; ramuli floriferi fere erecti; folia adscendentia vel patentia, lat. visa acuta, supra concava, dorso rotundata, levia viridia, saepius 2-2.5 cm. longa, 3 mm. diam., vel parum breviora, ad 4.5 mm. lata diametroque, vagina 1 mm. longa; flores copiose producti, 3-nati vel irregulariter 2-ternati, diurni, ad 1.8 cm. diam.; pedunculi 0.3-2 cm. longi; receptaculum turbinatum, ad 4 mm. longum, ad 4 mm. diam.; sepala 5, nunc fere aequilonga, nunc ad 4-6 mm. longa, vix accrescentia; petala 1-2-seriata, superne vix ampliata, obtusa vel acuta, nivea, ad 7 mm. longa, ad 1 mm. lata; staminodia stamina bene superantia, apice mox conspicue revoluta, nivea; stamina vix ad 4 mm. longa, filamentis albis, intimis medio vel supra papillatis, antheris pollineque stramineis; glandulae sat conspicuae, distantes; ovarium supra elevatum, lobis subcompressis; stigmata 5 subulata setaceo-acuminata, ad 3.5 mm. longa; capsula ad 7 mm. diam., lobis valde compressis, fere ad 2 mm. altis.
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Dwarf shrub, succulent, up to 0.1 m high. Stems spreading, with prickles from dead remains of short shoots; internodes minutely rough from small bladder cells. Leaves spreading; blade semiterete, 20-25 x 3.0-4.5 mm, apex acute, bladder cells semiglobose. Flowers: petals, staminodes and filaments white; Oct.-Feb.
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