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Flowers 1·5–2 cm. in diam., white, fading to red, in 2–5-flowered cymose inflorescences, axillary; peduncle up to 1 cm. long, rather inconspicuously articulated near the apex.
Calyx 6–8 mm. long; lobes 4–6 × 1·5–2 mm., ovate-lanceolate to elongate-triangular, slightly joined at the base.
Staminal tube 6 mm. long; free parts of filaments 0·5 mm. long, ± in 4 whorls.
Petals 12–15 mm. long, obovate, sparsely stellate outside, glabrous inside.
Erect shrublet or perennial herb; branchlets subpatent-stellate-setulose.
Epicalyx of 7–9 bracts; bracts 2·5–4·5 mm. long, subulate to filiform.
Seeds immature, probably producing a floss.
Capsule 8 × 9 mm., subglobose, pubescent.
Style-branches 5 mm. long.
