Stems elongated and very slender, finely sulcate, glabrous; branches sometimes flowering nearly their whole length; leaves linear, very acute, 3/4-1 1/4 in. long,1-nerved on the upper surface, glabrous; cymules racemosely arranged in the upper part of or nearly the whole length of the branches, 3-to several-flowered; bracts shorter than the flowers, horn-like in arrangement, linear, acute, shortly adnate to the peduncle; bracteoles much smaller than the bracts but otherwise similar; perianth 3/4 lin. long, with prominent ovoid external glands; segments 2/3 lin. long, ovate-oblong, subacute, hooded, bearded, with papillose margins; anthers exserted from the perianth-tube, 1/4 lin. long; style about 1/4 lin. long, reaching to the top of the anthers; fruits not seen.
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