quite glabrous; leaves imbricate, thickish, oblongo-lanceolate or oblong, obtuse, convex beneath, gibbous and trigonous at the apex; flowers umbelled; peduncles 2–4 times as long as the calyx; calyx-lobes ovato-lanceolate, sub-carinate; petals twice as long as the calyx, the claw equalling it or a little shorter, glabrous; limb elliptical, narrowed at base; sterile filaments a little longer than the calyx, linear-spathulate, ciliate at base; ovary and style glabrous. A foot high, erect, with straightish, scattered or crowded branches, and short, leafy twigs. Leaves dense, erect, quite glabrous, concave above, convex-keeled beneath, sparsely punctate, glaucous-green, the lower 3–4 lines, the upper 3–2 lines long; in var. β. the upper 1 1/2–1 line long. Umbel many flowered; pedunc. 3 lines long. Calyx 1 1/2 line long; in β. 1 line, ciliolate or glabrate. Petals 1 1/2 line long, white or lilac. Carpels 2, glabrous, with short, straight horns.
