Radix tuberosa, tubere bifido, inferne angustato, 3 cm. longo, ad 1.5 cm. diam.; partes herbaceae grosse papillatae, papillis rotundatis; rami decumbentes, cum floribus ad 8 cm. longi, 1.5 mm. diam., internodiis 0.5-1.2 cm. longis; folia patentia opposita, in sectione abbreviata, supra. Concava vel superne plana, dorso rotundata, superne leviter angustata, obtusa luteo-viridia, ad 1.2 cm. longa, ad 9 mm. lata, 4 mm. diam., vagina ad 1.5 mm. longa; flores 2 cm. diam., ternati vel subternati, diurni, sessiles vel pedunculis ad 2 mm. longis; receptaculum fere globosum, interdum obliquum, ad 8 mm. longum, 1 cm. diam., tubo 2 mm. longo; sepala 5, obtusissima, demum subaequilonga, abbreviata, 5-7 mm. longa; petala 2-seriata, sat densa, obtusa vel acuta, sordide ochraceo-lutea, ad 1.2 cm. longa, 1 mm. lata, basi per 3 mm. coalita; staminodia numerosa aurantiaca, petalis fere aequantia; stamina diu inclusa, ad 6 mm. longa; ovarium per 2 mm. elevatum, angulis inconspicuis; stigmata 5, sat crassa, obtusa, ad 2 mm. longa.
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Small, prostrate, succulent geophyte, with tuberous roots, stems weakly lignified. Leaves opposite and 4-ranked, flattened, broadly ovate, with large epidermal bladder-cells. Flowers pale yellow, ±20 mm diam. Fruit 5-locular.
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