Rigidum suberectum, in sectione robustum, 20 cm altum; rami in cultis interdum subdecumbentes, ad 3 mm diam., internodiis 1-2 cm longis, setis deilexis. sat brevibus, dense vestiti, demum glabri; ramuli patentes vel adscendentes; folia patenti-erecta, fere teretia, obtusissima, glauca ob papillas crebras nitentes, 1-1.5 mm longa, ad 4.5 mm diam., in cultis graciliora, vagina ad 1 mm longa; flores 2.5-3 cm diam., diurni; pedunculi glabri, inconspicue papillati, 3-5 mm longi vel in cultis elongati; receptaculum subturbinatum, haud vel vix in pedunculum gradatim attenuatum, 5 mm longum, ad 5 mm diam.; sepala 5 subaequilonga, 5-6 mm longa; petala 1-2-seriata, inferne conspicue attenuata, basi 0.5 mm lata, obtusa vel emarginata, roseo-purpurea, inferne pallide vittata, ad 1.2 cm longa, ad 2.5 mm lata; staminodia nulla; filamenta ad 6 mm longa, rosea, inferne pallidiora, extima glabra, intima parum supra basin dense papillata, antheris pollineque albidis; glandulae 5 prominentes; ovarium ultra glandulas vix elevatum, lobis distantibus subcompressis; stigmata 5 viridia, 7 mm longa, basi anguste subulata papillataque, superne caudato-acuminata, cauda glabra, 5 mm longa.
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