Planta diffusa; rami saepius decumbentes, sat rigidi, 20-40 cm longi vel ultra, inferne 3-4 mm diam., cortice griseo-brunneo, internodiis 1.7-3 cm longis; ramuli nunc 5-7 mm longi, apice 2-foliati, nunc elongati, 6-10-foliati. Folia patentia vel adscendentia, vel junior erecta subincurvata, subcylindrica farcta, carina marginibusque saepissime obscuris, lateraliter visa obtusa vel abrupte acuta, juniora sublente minute crystallino-papillata, glauco-viridia, seniora polita brunnea vel rubescentia. Flores 1-3-ternati, vespertini, vix odorati, ad 3 cm diam.; pedunculi laterales leviter incurvata 1 x 5-3 cm longi; receptaculum clavatum, apice 7-8 mm diam., tubo 3 mm longo. Sepala fere aequilonga, exteriora multo crassiora, interiora membranaceo-marginata, 4-5 mm longa. Petala numerosa, 3-4-seriata, saepius obtusa, externe rubro-purpurea, superne fere coccinea, intus purpurae rosea, ad 1.7 cm longa, connata per 4 mm, tubo albo, 1 mm lata vel parum ultra. Stamina pluriseriata, filamentis albis, ad. 9 mm, longis, antheris aureis, staminodiis subnullis. Ovarium supra pyramidali-elevatum, angulis valde acutis. Stigmata gracilia, superne vix attenuata, apice subobtusa, 7 mm longa. Capsula profundo 4-angulata, expansa 1.3 cm diam., carinis 1.5 mm altis, alis erectis, seminibus brunneis.
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