A small, repent, more or less crisp-pilose herb; stem about 1 mm. thick when dry, branching, internodes mostly 1-2 cm. long; leaves opposite, orbicular, mostly 5-10 mm. in diameter, occasional leaves 3-5 mm., pilose-pubescent on both sides, commonly slightly peltate, or the margin scarcely continuous over the petiole, loosely ciliate, drying coriaceous, subopaque, nerves scarcely evident or faintly palmately 3-nerved; petiole mostly about 1 mm. long, sparsely crisp-pubescent; spikes terminal or axillary, 1 mm. thick X 3-6 cm. long; peduncle 2-bracteate at or above the middle, crisp-pubescent, bracts linear or spatulate, pubescent; floral bracts round-peltate; fruit ovoid, pointed, stigma terminal.
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