pubescent; stem branched; leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, the lower ones linear-spathulate; flowers laxly racemose or sub-solitary; fruiting calyces oblongo- clavate; thecaphore 2–3 times shorter than the capsule. Annual, filiform, 3–12 inches high, covered with a short pubescence, sub-simple or branched from the base; branches erecto-patent. Leaves in the dwarfer specimens 6 lines, in the larger 1–2 inches long, 1/2–1 line wide, scabrid, ciliate at the margin, chiefly at base. Branches in the lesser specimens 1–2 flowered, in the larger, 3–6 flowered, racemose, secund. Calyx 5 lines long, downy, 10-nerved, nerves raised, teeth obtuse. Petals, according to Thunberg, white; judging by the dried specimens, rosy; lamina, short, bifid, coronate. Capsule 4 lines long, with short, recurved teeth.
