Rhombophyllum nelii Schwantes

Shrubs branching distally, the inner stems blackish; leaves of a pair apically divided to various degrees, glaucous green, epidermis somewhat rough from raised dots which become prominent in the dry state, stomata only a little sunken; flowers 1-3, bracts and bracteoles with marked dorsal humps or divisions, bracteoles at c. half the length of the long pedicels, 20-30 mm Ø, with 50-80 yellow petals to 20 mm long and 1 mm broad, purplish suffused outside, 110-160 stamens with white filaments and yellow anthers; fruit with rather low rims, covering membranes pressing against the flat, sill-shaped, mostly divided closing body, expanding keels widely separated basally, valve wings very narrow.