Erect herb, c. 7-13 cm high, simple or branched at the base. Roots c. 0.15-0.2 mm in CS, with a few hairs. Stem c. 0.3-0.7 mm in CS, glabrous, inter-nodes c. 5-10 mm long. Leaves oblong to lanceolate, acute, c. 1-3 by c. 0.4 mm, not amplexicaul, appressed or 20° patent. Raceme c. 2.5-11 cm long; flowers c. 15-90, more or less all around. Bracts lanceolate, acute to acuminate, c. 1-2 by c. 0.15-0.3 mm, more or less appressed to the pedicel. Pedicels c. (5-) 7-15 mm long and c. 0.15-0.2 mm in CS, more or less perpendicular to the rachis, straight to slightly recurved, sometimes somewhat sinuous. ♂Flowers: perianth segments 6, 3 larger ones alternating with 3 smaller ones, all reflexed and at the apex bearded; the larger ones oblong-lanceolate, somewhat obtuse, c. 1 by 0.25 mm; the smaller ones oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, c. 0.8 by c. 0.2 mm. Stamens 3, c. 0.25-0.3 mm, almost sessile; filaments very short, anthers 4-celled, 4-lobed. ♀ Flowers: perianth like in the male flowers; carpels c. 15-25, c. 0.3-0.35 mm; style inserted laterally about halfway, exceeding the carpel, club-shaped, the apex with hairs and papillae.
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