Folia fere erecta vel incurva, supra visa superne haud ampliata, lat. visa supra medium haud vel leviter ampliata, glauce viridia, punctis in genere magnis, leviter prominentibus, crebris, demum minute margaritaceis, apiculata, marginibus cum apice carinae 1-2-denticulatis, denticulis obscuris, apiculo albo tamen conspicuo, 7 mm. longa, ad 5 mm. lata, vel in cultis ad 1.5 cm., nunc 4 mm. lata diametroque nunc ad 6 mm.; flores sessiles vel in cultis subsessiles, gracillimi visi, expansi a vespere ad merinoctem; receptaculum lateraliter compressum, itaque ad 6 mm., aliter 3 mm., diam., haud carinatum, lateribus leviter convexis, apice subconstrictum, 6 mm. longum cum tubo 2 mm.; sepala 5, 7-8 mm. longa, exteriora apice compresso 1.5 mm. diam.; petala demum sepala per 2-3 mm. superantia, pluriseriata, laxissime disposita, capillaria, in genere gracillima visa, ad 1 cm. longa; fossae basi tubi receptaculi bene visae, nectare copioso; ovarium concavum, lobis vix visis; stylus ca. 0.5 mm. longus; stigmata 5, apicem receptaculi vix attingentia, 1.5 mm. longa, apicem versus fere globose dilatata per 1 mm. Fl. Nov.-Dec. 1931.
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Perennial, caespitose, dwarf shrublet, up to 0.02 m high. Leaves trigonous, margins toothed unevenly towards apex, apex reflexed into a hook, keeled, keel with 1 tooth just below apex, epidermis dotted with white elevations. Flowers solitary, yellow with reddish apex. Capsules not known.
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