Erecta glabra rigida, 12 cm. alta (planta unica visa); rami ad 5 mm. diam.; ramuli hornotini saepius 4-6-foliati, internodiis quasi omnino vaginatis, ad 7 mm. diam.; folia saepe patentia, supra plana, acute carinata, carina marginibusque grosse dentatis, dentibus cum apiculo induratis rubris, carinalibus 2-6, marginalibus 1-3, interdum ad basin folii attingentibus, lat. visa oblique acuta vel subtruncata, glance viridia, demum rubra, saepe 1-1.5 cm., rarius ad 2 cm., longa, sine vagina quasi ad 1.5 cm. longa, linea impressa perbrevi; bracteae apice uncinatae rigidaeque, carina rigide 3-4-denticulata, denticulis marginalibus 2-3, inconspicuis; flores sessiles; receptaculum subcompressum obscureque 2-carinatum, clavate turbinatum, 8 mm. longum, ad 7 mm. diam.; sepala 5, 6-7 mm. longa, exteriora valde compressa, ad 3 mm. diam., carina 3-denticulata, apiculata; petala 2-seriata, subaequilonga, inferne haud angustata, acuta vel acuminata, rosea, ad 8 mm. longa, ca. 0.5 mm. lata; staminodia laxe erecta vel late recurvata, inferne fere epapillata, rosea, apice pallida, 6 mm. longa; filamenta conice conferta, ad 5 mm. longa, exteriora basi parce ciliate papillata, intima medio vel infra papillata; discus inconspicuus crenulatus; ovarii lobi distantes compressi, per 1.5 mm. elevati; stigmata 5, anguste subulata, longe attenuata, brunneo viridia, 5 mm. longa.
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