Plantae pumilae glabrae; radix tuberosa, 1-2 cm longa, 5-12 mm diam., ramos breves, cum flore 3-5 cm longos, emittens; partes herbaceae virides, inconspicue papillatae; folia alterna, fere erecta, supra visa plana vel interdum sulcata, lat. visa superne non, vel vix, angustata, apice dorsoque rotundata, 1-2 cm longa, medio 4-6 mm lata, 4-5 mm diam.; flores 2.3-3 cm diam., per diem noctemque expansi; pedunculi teretes ad 7 mm, vel in fructu immaturo ad 10 mm, longi; receptaculum clavatum vel subglobose clavatum vel in fructu immaturo globosum adque 1.3 cm diam., 4-7 mm longum, 6-8 mm diam.; calycis tubus ad 1 mm longus, segmentis 5, variabilibus, nunc subaequalibus, 3-4 mm longis, basi 3 mm latis, nunc 5-9 mm longis, basi 2-4 mm latis; corollae tubus 1 mm longus, segmentis densis, exterioribus ca. 4-seriatis, interne leviter angustatis, obtusis vel subtruncatis emarginatisque, niveis, ad 1-4 cm longis, 0.5-1.75 mm latis, interioribus (staminodia?) densis, ca. 3-seriatis, acuta vel obtusa, aurea, ad 7 mm longa, ad 0.5 mm lata; staminodia gradatim in segmenta corollae transeuntia nulla; filamenta 8-seriata, aurantiaca, ad 3 mm longa, antheris minutis, cum polline albidis; ovarii lobi stellate patentes, leviter compressi, dorso plani, ad 0.5-1 mm elevati; stigmata 5 obtusa, 0.5-1 mm longa; capsula non visa.
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