stem herbaceous, forked, diffuse, slender, pubescent; leaves distant, subconnate, obovate, narrowed to the base, obtuse, pubescent, flat, thin, entire; flowers on filiform pedicels, the lower solitary, the upper loosely fascicled-subumbellate; calyx-lobes half as long as the corolla, hispido-pubescent, oblong, obtuse; petals connate, obovate-oblong; styles shortly subulate. A slender herb, 3–6 inches long, pubescent in all parts. Leaf-pairs 1–2 inches apart; the leaves 1/2 inch long, 1/4 inch wide, membranous when dry. Flowers 1 line long. Near C. Sarcolipes, but with different flowers.
