Globulariopsis adpressa (Choisy) Hilliard

Perennial (?) herb with a simple taproot, stems several from crown, c. 150-450 mm tall, virgately well branched, pubescent, hairs up to 0.1-0.25 mm long, ± recurved, closely leafy. Leaves alternate, fascicled, largest primary leaves 3-5.5 x 0.3-0.4 mm, linear, apex subacute, base slightly narrowed then abruptly expanded and half-clasping, margins entire, texture thick (almost terete), venation invisible, glabrous except for a few hairs c. 0.15-0.25 mm long on margins of clasping base; axillary leaves similar. Inflorescence composed of small glomerules (racemes) c. 5-6 x 5-6 mm in first flower (oblong post an thesis), mostly on very short (up to c. 2 mm) leafy peduncles arranged in a long narrow panicle, sometimes the lower peduncles elongating to c. 10-30 mm, more rarely the lowermost compounded. Bract adnate to pedicel only, lowermost 2.2-2.7 x 0.8-1.3 mm, elliptic, acute, shallowly concave, hairs up to 0.25 mm long on margins, 0.15-0.25 mm on back, inner face glabrous. Pedicel up to 0.2-0.4 mm long. Calyx 1.8-2 mm long, campanulate, 5-lobed roughly halfway to base, 2 anticous lobes slightly larger than other three, all deltoid, acute, hairs up to 0.2-0.25 mm long on margins and all over outside, glabrous inside. Corolla tube 1.5-2 mm long, funnel-shaped, limb 3-3.3 mm across lateral lobes, posdcous lobes 0.8-1.2 x 0.6-0.8 mm, anticous lobe 1.3-1.8 x 0.7-0.9 mm, all lobes oblong-elliptic, white, yellow to bright orange patch down back of throat. Stamens: posdcous filaments 1-1.3 mm long, anticous filaments 1.2-1.7 mm, all anthers shordy exserted. Stigma and style c. 2-2.6 mm long, style glabrous. Ovary c. 0.5 x 0.2 mm. Coccus 1.3-1.5 x 0.7-0.8 mm (few seen), dark brown, held within persistent calyx.