stem suffruticose, erect, branching, corymbose, retrorsely scaly; leaves connate-perfoliate, subulate-attenuate, squarrose, channelled, retrorsely scaly; cymes subsessile, densely corymbose, the lower flowers stalked, upper subsessile; bracts subulate; calyx-lobes 1/2 of corolla, linear-lanceolate, acute, retrorsely scaly; petals connate at base, lanceolate-spathulate, mucronate, spreading or revolute; styles subulate, equalling the roughish ovary. 1–1 1/2 foot high, erect, with virgate, simple branches. Leaf-pairs nearly an inch apart, the bases of the leaves forming a cup round the stem; leaves 1–1 1/2 inch long, erect at the insertion, curving back and often revolute. Cymes 2–3 inches in diameter. Flowers white (?) 4–5 lines long.
