Glabrum; rami 2 visi, ad 11 cm. longi, internodiis saepius 1-2 cm. longis. ad 1.5 mm. diam., ramulosi, crebre papillati, demum asperuli; partes herbaceae virides papillosae, papillis rotundatis esetiferis; folia ascendentia, supra plana obtusa, lat. visa superne vix angustata oblique obtusa vel fere subtruncata, 1.5-2.5 cm. longa, medio ad 3 mm. lata diametroque, setis apicalibus subnuJlis vel ad ca. 6, ad 1.5 mm. longis; pedunculi graciles, prope apicem dilatati, 1-2 cm. longi; receptaculum fere semi-globosum, ad 2.5 mm. longum, ad 6 mm. diam.; sepala 5, prope apicem recurva, 3-7 mm., vel 4-8 mm., longa, basi 2-3 mm. lata, setis apicalibus subnullis vel 1-2, ad 0.5 mm. longis; petala 4-5-seriata obtusa, exteriora e medio, vel supra, inferne angustata, 5-6 mm. longa, vix, ad 1.25 mm. lata, intima erecta vel recurva, in staminodia abeuntia; filamenta alba, staminodiis breviora, ad 3 mm. longa, exteriora basi parcissime ciliatis, interiora prope medium papillata (non bene visa), antlieris pollineque luteis; glandulae distantes crenulatae; ovarii dimidium exterius planum, interius obtuse 5-lobatum; lobis distantibus, ca. ad 0.75 mm. elevatis; stigmata 5, subulata caudata, 2 mm. longa cum cauda 0.75 mm. Fl. Feb. 1961.
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