Branched, erect at the base, somewhat flexuous herb, 6-15 mm high, glabrous all over. Roots filiform, c. 0.2-0.3 (-0.4 in liquid) mm in CS, with many long (c. 0.4 mm) hairs, sometimes branched. Stem c. 0.4-0.8 mm in CS, internodes c. 3-23 mm long. Leaves oblong, acute to acuminate, c. 1-3 by c. 0.5-0.9 mm, not amplexicaul, appressed. Raceme c. 0.5-1.5 cm long, flowers c. 5-28, all around. Bracts lanceolate, acute, c. 1-2 by c. 0.3-0.4 mm, appressed to the pedicel. Pedicels straight, c. 1.5-3.5 mm long and c. 0.2-0.3 mm in CS, patent at c. 30-45°. ♂ Flowers: perianth segments 4, equal, oblong-ovate, acuminate, at apex with a stipitate globose knob, c. 0.6-0.8 by c. 0.4-0.5 mm. Stamens 2, inserted in front of two opposite perianth segments; filaments short; anthers 4-celled, 4-lobed. ♀ Flowers: perianth as in the male flower, but segments acute, 0.6-0.85 by c. 0.35-0.6 mm, apex without a stipe and knob. Carpels c. 30-50, c. 0.4-0.6 mm, upper half with tubercles; style inserted laterally about halfway, when young exceeding the carpel, almost club-shaped, apex with papillae.
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