Perennis compacta, 7 cm alta; rami sat rigidi, 2-3 mm diam.; ramuli ultimi 2-6-foliati; folia mox fere patentia, per 3 mm connata, vagina saepe tumida, fere semi-teretia, apicem versus obscure carinata, supra convexa, lateraliter visa acuta vel subobtusa, apiculata glauco-viridia, minute velutino-papillata, ad 1.1 cm longa, 3 mm lata diametroque; flores solitarii diurni, ad 1.7 cm diam.; pedunculi ad 1 cm longi: sepala 5 subaequilonga, ad 6 mm longa, 2 anguste membranaceo-marginata; petala 3-4-seriata, in 5 fascicula disposita, acuta vel acuminata, rosea, ad 7 mm longa, 0.5 mm lata; stamina conico-collecta, staminodiis brevioribus roseis circumdata, filamentis roseis, parce papillatis, ad 4 mm longis, antheris pollineque pallidis; discus continuus erenulatus; ovarium medio valde elevatum, stigmata 5, subulato-flliformia acuminata, 5 mm longa; capsula expansa 8 mm diam., valvae alis angustis, ceteris generis.
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