Plantae vivae plures visae, glabrae ad 38 cm altae, in genera inter graciles, caule basi 1.5-6 mm diam., laxe ramosae, ramis ad 29 cm elongatis, internodiis 0.5-3.5 cm longis, 0.5-1.5 mm diam.; folia erecta vel ascendentia, supra plana acuta, lateraliter subcompressa, obtuse carinata, lat. visa paulo supra medium latissima, prope basim angustata, acuta, fere levia, glauce viridia, 1.3-2 cm. longa, ad 2.5 mm lata, ad 4 mm diam., vagina brevissima; flores sparsi, solitarii vel rarius 2-nati, pedunculis utrisque bracteatis, teretibus, 1.5-2.5 cm. longis, bracteis saepe prope medium positis, foliis similibus sed brevioribus; receptaculum obconicum vel globose obconicum, 5-6 mm longum, ad 6 mm diam.; sepala 5, in flore aperto etiam erecta, 4-6 mm longa, basi 1.5-2.5 mm lata, exteriora 2 paulo supra basim angustata, longe acuminata, interiora apice acuminate subulata, late marginata, membranis brunneis; petala densa purpureorosea (in camera tepida per diem expansa, per noctem recurva), exteriora ca. 4-seriata, inferne non, vel leviter, angustata, obtusa vel emarginata, 1.1-1.5 cm. longa, ad 1.25 mm lata, interiora 3-seriata acuta, 6-9 mm longa, 0.25-0.5 mm lata, pauca intima pallida, staminodia simulantia; staminodia vera nulla; stamina conferta, fere abscondita quasi in poculo basibus petalorum formato, antheris tantum visis, demum sublaxa, filamentis ca. 4-seriatis albis, ad 4 mm longis, intimis prope medium papillatis; discus crenulatus; ovarium supra, medium versus, inconspicue lobatum, lobis obtusis, per 0.5 mm elevatis; stigmata 5, subulata, longe papillata, caudata, ad 4 mm longa cum cauda fere ad 2 mm; capsulae anni prioris 6-8 mm longae, 7 mm, expansae ad 12 mm, diam., infra obconicae 5-angulatae, supra per 1-1.5 mm elevatae, suturis leviter compressis, alis valvae apicem attingentibus.
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