stem shrubby, slender, dichotomous, diffuse; leaves sub-connate, linear-trigonous, scarcely longer than the internodes, very thick, obtuse, flat above, glabrous; cymes corymbose, terminal, shortly pedunculate, with tooth-like bracts; calyx-lobes short, ovate, blunt, fleshy, glabrous; petals spreading, nearly free, oblong, obtuse, scarcely mucronulate; styles subulate; squamæ membranous, linear. A small bush, 1 foot or more high, with woody stems and short, thick leaves, like those of a Mesembryanthemum. Leaf-pairs 6–8 lines apart; leaves 6–8 lines long, 2 lines thick, very blunt. Nearly allied to C. perfossa, but differs in the shape of the leaves and their less evident connation. Flowers small (and white?)
