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Perennial herb, with prostrate branches, slightly woody at base, internodes papillate or glabrous, shining. Leaves opposite, unequal, petiolate, blades oblong to sub-rotund, obtuse. Flowers in ternate cymes, 1.5-2 mm long, stamens 5. Fruit operculum conical, apically truncate surrounded by a thickened ring, 1-or 2-seeded.
Leaves small, leaf-lamina 2–10 × 1–2 mm., oblong, obovate to subrotund, smooth, ± succulent, petiole c. as long as the lamina, sheath broad.
Inflorescence with c. 10 contiguous, sessile flowers facing upwards; bracts membranous, broad, obtuse or acuminate-apiculate.
Perianth lobes triangular, membranous-edged, with a minute mucro behind the tip, c. 1/2 as long as the smooth tube.
Lid of fruit truncate-conical, with a narrow thickened ring 1/2 way between the edge and the tip.
Prostrate glabrous shining herb; stem usually with unequal internodes and often reddish.
