herbaceous, without runners; leaves radical, sub-horizontally spreading, imbricate, rosulate, oblongo-lanceolate or spathulate or strap-shaped, acute or subacute, carnoso-coriaceous, flat, glabrous, cartilagineo-ciliate; peduncles scapelike, leafless or with depauperated, distant, opposite leaves; cymes in a thyrsus or a branching panicle; flowers pedicellate; calyx-lobes short, oblong, ciliolate; petals free, obovate, apiculate; styles short. Very like the preceding but with much longer and sharper leaves, taller flower-stem and more branching inflorescence; each flower on a distinct, short pedicel. Leaves 3â5 inches long or more, 1/2, 3/4â1 1/2 inch broad, mostly acute, sometimes acuminate, rarely blunt. Flowers small, white.
