Caulis abbreviatus, ramos elongatos prostratos, in genere gracillimos (1-2 mm diam.) emittens, internodiis 1-2.3 cm longis; folia vix carnosa, saepe fere erecta, ovato-lanceolata vel lanceolata, acuminata, nervis lateralibus ad marginem proxime positis, sordide viridia, inconspicue papillata, ad 1.5 cm longa, 5-7 mm lata, vagina 1-2 mm longa; flores solitarii vel terminales 3-nati, diurni, 2.2 cm diam.; bracteae positae ad basin receptaculi clavato-turbinati, apice 7 mm diam.; sepala 4, exteriora fere orbicularia, basi subauriculata, abrupte acuminata, ad 1 cm longa, interiora multo angustiora, caudato-acuminata membranaceo-marginata, 7-8 mm longa; petala acuta vel obtusa, pallidissime straminea, ad 1.4 cm longa, basi per 2-3 mm coalita, in genere inter latissima ad 1 mm lata; stamina fertilia ad 7 mm longa; foveae nectariferae profundae; ovarium supra valde elevatum, acute 4-angulare; stigmata 4, linearia obtusa, 2 mm longa.
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Scrambling to erect, succulent shrub, branches often robust. Leaves not overlapping, flat, up to 25 mm long, tips recurved, bladder cells small but very conspicuously vaulted, glittering, secondary veins curved. Flowers sessile, whitish, ±20 mm diam. Fruit 4(5)-locular, valve wings absent.
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