stems herbaceous, ascendent-erect, as well as the leaves and calyces densely beset with papulæ; leaves alternate or subopposite, spathulate-oblong, cuneate or shortly petiolate; flowers axillary, sessile; styles 5, as long as the calyx. Nearly 1/2 foot high, glittering from papulæ. Branches terete, primary opposite, upper ones alternate. Leaves 3/4–1 inch long. 2–3 lines wide, much smaller in the branchlets, 3–4 lines long, 1 line wide. Flowers 1 line long, lobes ovate, acute. Capsule 5-angled, twice smaller than in A. Canariense.