Rigidum erectum, ca. 15 cm altum; caulis ramique primarii ad 9 mm diam.; ramuli patentes vel adscendentes, politi vel novelli parce setose papillati, mox glabri, vix asperuli, internodiis 1-2 cm longis; lofia adscendentia, supra plana, obtuse carinata, lateraliter subcompressa vel rarius subturgida, superne haud ampliata, obtusa vel oblique rotundata vel rarius subtruncata, papillis sat conspicuis, 5-7 mm longis, vagina ad 1.5 mm., ad 2.5 mm lata, ad 3.5 mm diam.; pedunculi papillati, papillis interdum setaceis, patentibus, 3-7 mm longi; receptaculum obconicum, lateraliter subcompressum, inconspicue 2-carinata, 4 mm longum, 5 mm diam.; sepala 6, exteriora 2 majora, supra medium compressa, apice obliqua, ad 5 mm longa, ad 2 mm diam., interiora ad 3.5 mm longa; petala 2-seriata subaequilonga, sepala longiora parum excedentia, purpureo rosea, obtusa vel subacuta, inferne leviter angustata, ad 1.25 mm lata; staminodia pallida, stamina conferta parum superantia; filamenta alba, interiora e medio inferne papillata, antheris pollineque stramineis; glandulae approximatae crenulatae inconspicuae; ovarium circa marginem planum, medio lobatum, lobis subcompressis distantibus; stigmata 6, gracilia, e basi superne gradatim attenuata; capsula supra fere plana, 6 mm, expansa 1 cm, diam.
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