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Dioecious, dwarf, spineless, glabrous succulent, up to 80-150 mm tall, with several short, often horizontally spreading, slightly angled branches, 4-8 mm diam. Leaves soon deciduous, shortly petiolate, spathulate, 1-2 mm long, fleshy. Cyathia few, solitary and terminating some branches, nearly sessile, with 2-4 tiny, leaf-like bracts, 1.5-2 mm diam., with 4 or 5 yellow-green glands. Capsule exserted on recurved pedicel, 2.5-3.5 mm diam., glabrous.
Dwarf, spineless, glabrous succulent, often with elongated tuberous roots, 50-150 mm high, with short branches 4-8 mm in diam. Leaf-rudiments 1-2 mm long, spathulate, shortly petiolate. Cyathia few, solitary and terminating some branches, nearly sessile, 1.5-2.0 mm in diam.; glands 4 or 5, yellow-green. Flowering time July-Mar. Capsule 2.5-3.5 mm in diam., obtusely 3-angled, glabrous, exserted for 2-5 mm.
