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Leaves 23–55 mm. long, alternate, subopposite or crowded in axillary fascicles on short side branches, linear, succulent, glaucous, subcylindrical, often with wart–like glands; stipules membranous, triangular, with somewhat divaricate acute or acuminate lobes, arising from the expanded membranous margins of the leaf–bases.
Flowers up to 4 mm. long, greenish or whitish, on pedicels up to 1 mm. long ascending at first but deflexed in fruit, more or less smooth.
Shrubby perennial glaucous herb up to 30 cm. high, woody at base, with ascending, procumbent or creeping branches.
Inflorescences with stout peduncles 4–10 cm. long, smooth or sometimes with a few obscure glandular warts.
Seeds brown, triangular in outline, smooth and shining, usually with a distinct ridge.
Perianth–segments 5, up to 4 mm. long, greenish or whitish, more or less smooth.
Fruit longer than perianth.
Stamens 5.