A small, repent herb; stem filiform, moderately to densely villous, branches up to 5 cm. tall; internodes up to 1 cm. long; leaves alternate, crimson between the veins when fresh, round or subobovate, apex rounded, base acutish, those on the branches elliptic or lance-elliptic, acute at both ends, the rounded lower leaves about 5 mm. in diameter, the upper leaves 3-5 mm. wide X 8-14 mm. long, palmately 3-nerved, glabrous on both sides or with occasional hairs above, rather strongly ciliate, drying membranous, translucent, inconspicuously glandular-dotted; petiole 1-2 mm. long, grooved above, more or less hairy; spikes terminal on short, erect, few-leaved shoots, 1 mm. thick X 3-4 cm. long, rather closely flowered; peduncle about 5 mm. long, villous, the hairs extending on the rachis above the lowermost several flowers; bracts round-peltate, densely glandular-dotted; fruit scarcely 0.5 mm. long, globose, apex oblique, stigma subapical.
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