branches 6–16 in. long, weak, pubescent or hispid, often in lines; leaves 2/3 by 1/4 in., when mature nearly glabrous, tip obtuse, base cuneate; petiole 0– 1/8 in. long; peduncles scattered, 1/4–1 in. long, with 2 or 3 flowers near the top; bracteoles linear, shorter than the calyx; calyx 1/4 in. long, 5-lobed to the base; segments linear, nearly glabrous; corolla 1/3 in. long, white; lower anther-cell with a clavate tail; pollen ellipsoid with 2 stopples and 1 row of tubercles on either side of each stopple; style-base and top of ovary hairy; capsule more than 1/4 in. long, ellipsoid, widened upwards, glabrate, 4-seeded; seeds tubercular-rugose. null