Thesium umbelliferum A.W.Hill

Stems tall, erect, woody, with more or less rounded angles, glabrous; branches few, ascending; leaves large and fleshy, subacicular, obtuse, 1-2 in. long, about 1 lin. thick, glabrous; flowers in fairly dense terminal corymbs about 1/2 in. in diam.; bracts slightly adnate to the very short peduncles, reddish, reaching to about the top of the flowers, with subtranslucent margins, glabrous; bracteoles nearly as long as the bracts but a little narrower; perianth with conspicuous external glands, 1 1/4 lin. long; segments lanceolate, obtuse 3/4 lin. long, bearded at the apex, with hairy margins, slightly hooded; anthers exserted from the perianth-tube, 1/4 lin. long; style 3/8 lin. long, reaching to the middle of the anthers; fruits ovoid-ellipsoid, nearly 2 lin. long, fairly prominently 5-ribbed, with inconspicuous intermediate ribs and reticulation.