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Stem simple or branched at the base or towards the apex, thick, terete, green; internodes up to 8 mm. long, shorter than the leaves, very short towards the apex.
Flowers 4-merous, axillary, solitary, reddish, subsessile, 2-bracteolate at the base, the bracteoles scarious, subulate, c. half as long as the calyx.
Calyx c. 1 mm. long, campanulate; appendages 0; lobes c. 0·5 mm. broad and 0·45 long, triangular, apiculate.
Ovary c. 0·5 mm. in diameter, globose, 2-lobed, 2-locular; style c. 0·2 mm. long, with the stigma capitate.
Stamens 2–3, inserted ± at the middle of the calyx-tube, not exceeding the apices of the calyx-lobes.
Capsule (immature) c. 0·6 mm. in diameter, globose.
Annual erect herb up to 11 cm. high.
Roots slender, whitish, fasciculate.
Seeds c. 0·25 × 0·15 mm.
Petals 0.