Erecta, fere ad 1 met. alta; rami virgati, 6 mm diam. vel ultra, cuticula saturate brunnea vel cinerea; ramuli 4 supremi cymiferi, corymbose dispositi; folia saepius late patentia, semi-teretia vel supra leviter convexa, subacuta glauco-viridia, 1.5-3 cm longa 3 mm diam.; flores vespertini, 25 cm diam.; cyma ad 6 cm diam., e 2 paribus ramorum infra florem terminalem composita, ramis horizontalibus vel leviter deflexis, ad 2.5 cm longis. 1-3-fl, pedunculis erectis, lateralibus ultra bracteas 2-3 mm longis: receptaculum subcyathiforme, tubo 2 mm longo, apice 6 mm. diam.; sepala inaequilonga, exteriora acuta ad 7 mm, interiora 4-5 mm, longa; petala 2-seriata, emarginata, inferne alba, superne pallide brunnea, externe luteo-brunnea, 1.5 cm longa, per 5 mm coalita, ad 1 mm lata; stamina ad 1 cm longa, antheris luteis; ovarium inferum, supra breviter elevatum, rotundatum (haud conico-elevatum); stigmata gracilia, ad 9 mm longa; capsula in brevissima, 6 mm diam., marginibus valvarum ringentibus, expansa 1 cm diam., alis inflexis; semina fere ad 2 mm diam., tuberculis subnullis, crista marginali profunde multi-partita.
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Large, succulent shrub, up to 1 m tall. Leaves almost cylindrical, succulent, up to 30 mm long, 4 mm diam. Flowers in dichasia, white, suff used pale yellow or copper, open during the day, closing at dusk. Fruit 4-locular, lower part shallow, valve wings rigid and preventing fruit closing once open.
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