Erectum, ca. 20 cm altum, internodiis 1-4 cm longis; folia adscendentia, supra plana, dorso rotundata, lat. visa basin versus leviter angustata, acuta vel subobtusa, apiculata scabridula, sordide glauce viridia, 0.9-1.3 cm longa, prope medium 1.25 mm lata, 1.5 mm diam.; flores 3-nati vel irregulariter 2-ternati, cymae, ob ramos inferiores elongatos, corymbose dispositae; pedunculi teretes, omnes parum supra medium bracteati, 1.5-3.5 cm longi; receptaculum subglobosum, a pedunculo bene distinctum, 3 mm longum, 5 mm diam.; sepala 5, subaequilonga, exteriora apice subulata, interiora ampliate brunneo marginata, 4.5-5 mm longa, basi 2-2.5 mm lata; petala 5-seriata, omnia inferne angustata, exteriora obtusa vel rotundata vel inconspicue emarginata, interiora acuta, roseo purpurea, 5-10 mm longa, 0.25-1.75 mm lata; staminodia nulla; filamenta mox subdiffusa, pallida, ad 3 mm longa, intima inferne incumbentia basique papillata, papillis brevissimis, antheris pollineque citrinis; discus inconspicuus pentagonus, augulis rotundatis, subinteger; ovarium convexum, deinde lobatum, lobis distantibus coinpressis obtusis tuberculatis, per 0.75 elevatum; stigmata 5, subulata, caudate acuminata, inferno intus papillata, ad 2 mm longa.
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