stem erect, dichotomous, robust, fleshy, with very short internodes, glabrous or scabrous; leaves subconnate, closely set, subulate-trigonous or subterete, glabrous or scabrous, subacute; cymes terminal, subsessile, few flowered, corymbulose, with toothlike bracts; calyx-lobes very short, linear, or ovate-oblong, obtuse, keeled; petals nearly free, oblongo-spathulate, erect; stamens thick; ovary contracted at base, styles shortly subulate. Drege! 6905. Zey! 2535. A stout, corymbose little bush, 6–8 inches high, much branched. Leaves 4–6 lines long, spreading. Flowers, in α, rosy; in β. white, 2–3 lines long.
