Struthiola parviflora Bartl. ex Meisn.

An undershrub, 1-2 ft. high (Burchell); branches tetragonal at the apex, canescent when young; leaves slightly spreading, acerose, subacute, glabrous, sometimes sparingly ciliate and with a short terminal hair when young, 2.5 lin. long, 0.5 in. wide at the base; bracteoles 2, linear, long, acute; flowers in the axils of the uppermost leaves, glabrous; calyx-tube 3.5 lin. long, slightly widened ear the apex; lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, 1 lin. long; petals 8, oblong, about half as long as the lobes, surrounded by hairs of equal length; anthers oblong, inserted a short distance down the calyx-tube; ovary glabrous.