A shrub, 4-6 ft. high; stem terete, with transversely splitting bark, up to 3/4 in. thick at the base, perfectly simple till 1-2 ft. from the top and then dividing into 4-6 whip-like 2-3-chotomously divided branchlets, glabrous; branchlets ascending or 'weeping,' slightly angular or compressed, glabrous; leaves in young plants present along the stem from the very root, subsequently deciduous, linear-oblong, obtuse, recurved, 3-4 lin. long or up to 3/4 in. long, fleshy, convex below, flat or concave above, glabrous; cymules 1-3-flowered, loosely arranged in spike-like racemes; bracts shorter than the flowers, more or less free from the very short peduncle, up to 2 1/2 lin. long, rather thick, somewhat boat-shaped, obtuse; bracteoles 2, half as long as the flowers or less, linear-lanceolate, acute; perianth wide and cup-shaped with broad spaces between the segments, 1 lin. long, with glandular disc; segments broadly triangular, 1/2 lin. long, slightly hooded, apex and margins papillose; anthers rounded, included in the perianth-tube, 1/4 lin. long; style 1/8 lin. long; fruits ellipsoid-globose, contracted at the base, 3 lin. long including the persistent perianth, prominently 5-ribbed at the base, with less prominent ribs between, reticulate.
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Shrub, hemiparasite, 0.15-0.50 m high; single stemmed to ± 2/3 of shrub length, then branching into 4-6 whip-like, dichotomously divided branchlets. Leaves deciduous, cymbiform, linear-oblong in outline, up to 11 mm long. Inflorescences of 1-3-flowered cymules, in a loose raceme-like arrangement. Bracts cymbiform, rather thick. Perianth cup-shaped, tube 1 mm long; segments broadly triangular, ± 1 mm long, slightly hooded, apex and margins papillose. Disc glandular. Flowering time Dec.-May. Fruit ellipsoid-globose, up to 6 mm long including persistent perianth; prominently 5-ribbed at base with less prominent ribs between, reticulate.
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