suffruticose, dwarf, branching from the crown; leaves closely imbricated, 4-ranked, deltoid, fleshy, keeled, spreading, pulverulent-glaucous; peduncles terminal, filiform, elongate, pulverulent; cymes loosely panicled, or corymbose; calyx-lobes ovate, scabrido-pulverulent; petals nearly free, spreading, oblong, bluntish, submucronulate; stigma sessile; squamæ minute. Branches several from the crown, 2–3 inches long, completely imbricated with fleshy, spreading, decussate, short leaves. Leaves 1/2– 3/4 inch long, ovato-deltoid, flattened above, (?) deeply keeled, bluish white. Peduncles 3–4 inches long, forked or trifid, slender. Flowers small, pedicellate.
