erect, branched; stems grooved, glabrous; leaf-blades 1/4–1 1/2 in. long, 1/2– 3/4 in. broad, ovate or rhomboid-ovate, obtuse, with a short stiff apiculation, narrowed at the base and running into the petiole, glabrous; nerves conspicuous beneath; petioles reaching 1 in. long, slender; inflorescence terminal and axillary, the terminal spike-like racemes reaching 2 in. long, the axillary much shorter, often reduced to heads; flowers shortly pedicellate; bracteoles much shorter than the sepals, lanceolate, acute, membranous; perianth 1 lin. long; sepals narrowly linear-spathulate apiculate with a green midrib; capsule 1 1/2 lin. long, indehiscent, ovoid-oblong, subobtuse, faintly nerved; seeds rather more than 1/2 lin. long, less than 1/2 lin. broad, ovoid, compressed, margined, dark brown, shining. null
