stem suffruticose, diffuse or decumbent, with ascending branches, minutely scaberulous; leaves connate, patent, linear-lanceolate, flat, subconcave above, thinnish, subobtuse, scabrous at back and margins; cymes subsessile, much branched, corymbose, with subulate or toothlike bracts and pedicellate flowers; calyx lobes 1/2 of corolla, lanceolate, glabrous, fleshy, keeled; petals connate at base, oblong, blunt or submucronulate, spreading; styles shortly subulate; squamæ small, fleshy. Many stemmed, forming wide patches; stems 1–2 feet long, the erect, lateral branches 4–6 inches long, leafy to the summit. Leaves squarrose, 6–8 lines long, 1 line wide, green. Flowers small, 1–1 1/2 line long, white. Scarcely belonging to this section.
