Schlechteranthus tetrasepalus (L.Bolus) R.F.Powell

Dense upright shrublet, to 130 mm tall. Branches to 7(-13) mm in diameter; upper branches brown; leaves crowded towards tips of branches, old leaves not remaining on the branches. Leaves triquetrous, ovoid in outline; 3.0-5.0 x 1.5-4.0 mm; leaf pairs fused for 0.6 of length; mucro prominent; slightly velvety; green. Flowers solitary; on central primary axis to 13 mm long, at least 1.5 times longer than capsule length, bracteoles persistent, present more than 0.3 way down axis; spines absent; filamentous staminodes absent. Fruit 7-to 8-locular; top convex, base funnel-shaped; ca. 5.5 x 4.0 mm; closing rodlets conspicuous, protruding distally; valve wings absent.