an erect undershrub about 1 1/2 ft. high with rather short branches; stem ribbed, glabrous; leaves subsessile, narrowly oblong, very shortly mucronate, 6–9 lin. long, about 2 lin. wide, rather thick, green and sparingly pubescent above, paler and slightly villous below; spikes 1/2–1 1/2 in. long, conical or oblong, acute; bracts ovate, entire, obtuse, mucronate, 1/2 lin. long; perianth-segments 5, shining, lanceolate, concave, 1 1/2 lin. long; stamens 5; filaments subulate; staminodes quadrate, fringed along the top; anthers oblong; utricle oblong, glabrous, green; seed ovoid, black, shining. null
