Fruticulus robustus 39 cm. altus vel ultra (ad 60 cm. altus, fide Pillans), caule 3.5 cm. diam., ramis virgalis rigidis omnino defoliatis. cuticula seneeta polita, sordide brunnea vel cinerea, Internodlis saepius ad 1 cm. longis, ramulis evolutis (Junlo, 19271 ad 5 cm. longis, internodlis saepius 5 mm. longis, partibus herbaeeis nitenti-papillosis; folia omnino decidua adscendentiu, saepe incurvata. duo paris primi opposite. Inaequilonga, vel valdo inaequilonga (6 mm. et 1.2 cm. longa), cetera spiraliter disposita, majora infra rotundata, supra canaliculata obtusis-sima, basi Imnm subitci deminuta et meuibranacea, pro minima parte rainuli amplectia, itaque facile disjuncta, 1.5-2.7 cm. longa, 3-4 ram. lata diametroque; flores (4 solitarii terminales visi) per diem noctemque aperti, 2.5. diam, pedunculo 6 mm. longo: receptaculum globoso-turbinatum, obtuse 5-angulatam, per 2 mm productura, apice 7 mm. diam.; sepala 5, inter se inaequilonga, 0.7-1 cm. longa 3 late membranaceo-marginata, membrana brunuca; petala sat densa, 3-seriata linearia, inferne paruni angustata, acuta vel extinua obtusa, ruseo-salmonea, inferne straminea, 1.3 cm. longa, 0.75-1 mm. lata, basi in tubum 4 mm. longum connate; stamina 7 mm. diam., staminodiis paucissimis, in petala transeuutibus, filamentis pallidis, 5-9 mm. longis, inter se liberis, inimo basi corollae adnatis, antheris pallidis, polline aurea; nectarium e 5 fossis, sat profundis, compositum'; ovarium supra fere conico-convexum. stigmatibus 5, anguste subulatis, acmuinatis, Intus dense breviterque papillaris, 2.5 mm. longis.
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Erect, succulent shrub, up to 700 mm tall, roots not tuberous, stems lignified, stout. Leaves deciduous, alternate except first two pairs, cylindrical, narrowly ovate to linear, with fairly large, epidermal bladder-cells. Flowers 20-30 mm diam., salmon-pink, with yellow inside, stamens and stigmas not concealed. Fruit 5-locular.
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