Shrub to c. 1 m high. Leaves entire, linear, often variously recurved or recurled, 1-5 (-8) cm long, 0.5-1.3 (-1.5) mm wide; upper surface with 3-5 (-7) conspicuous prominent longitudinal veins, scabrous along veins; margins angularly revolute; lower surface usually narrowly exposed beside midvein, subsericeous. Conflorescence erect, usually pedunculate, usually terminal on short lateral branches, occasionally axillary, simple or few-branched; unit conflorescence usually regular and umbelloid, sometimes weakly secund, acropetal; rachis 0.8-2 mm long, subsericeous. Flower colour: perianth greenish yellow in bud, becoming white; style whitish, pink-tinged (?with age). Perianth subsericeous outside, shortly bearded inside opposite ovary; tepals independently and widely recoiled after anthesis. Pistil 7-8.5 mm long; ovary subsericeous to subvillous at least near apex or on dorsal side; style subsericeous in basal c. 2 mm, otherwise glabrous except for papillae immediately below style-end, exserted from late bud. Follicles erect on erect stipe, 9-11.5 mm long, ±ovoid to ellipsoidal, faintly longitudinally ridged, sparsely subsericeous.
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