Diagn. Suffruticulosa, ramosissima, petalis integris ovato-lanceolatis, capsulis 
ovoideo-oblongis, superne sensim attenuatis. 
Descriptio: 
Radix lignosa, tortuosa, crassiuscula, superne plus minusve multiceps. — Cau- 
les basi lignosi, humiles, rigidiusculi, erecti v. e basi procumbente subarcuato-ad- 
scendentes, saepius ramulis numerosis sterilibus valde foliosis subsecundis obsiti, su- 
perne ramis longioribus minusque numerosis praediti, teretes, leviter striato-angulosi, 
glabri, pennam corvinam diametro subaequantes v. paulo crassiores, 12—25°" longi. 
— Folia omnia integra, glauca, in sicco rugosa, linearia v. anguste lineari-spathu- 
lata, acuta, glabra. 1112" longa, basi minute bidenticulata, in axillis ramulum 
valde abbreviatum sterilem v. superiora magis elongatum vulgo florigerum dense fo- 
liosum gerentia: folia ramulorum saepius 1°” tantum aequantia, caeterum eaulinis 
similia, ad apicem ramulorum sterilium comoso-approximata. — Flores albi, parvi, 
subsessiles, inter bracteas subocculti, spicato-racemosi. — Bracteae persistentes. 
lineari-subulatae, acuminatae, glabrae, praesertim basin versus hyalino-marginatae, 
sepala subduplo superantes, basi utrinque denticulo tenui elongatulo instructae. — 
Pedicelli brevissimi, parum conspicui. — Calyx 5-sepalus, sepala persistentia, 
superum cum petalis duobus alternans, caeteris paulo minus, omnia subincrassata, 
dorso convexa, intus late concaviuscula, lanceolato-oblonga, 21,-—3"" longa et pe- 
tala superantia, hyalino-marginata. — Petala alba, cire. 1/2"" longa, simplicia, 
integra, ovato-lanceolata, subacuminata, nervo unico pennato-ramuloso percursa. — 
Stamina ut in O. dispersa sed filamenta paulo breviora. — Ovarium ovoideum, 
obtuse tetragonum, secus suturas carpidiorum obiter 4-sulcatum, apice in dentes 4 
erectos obtusos ipso duplo breviores sensim desinens. —— Ovula biserialia in quavis 
placenta cire. 10—15 (in ovario 40—60). — Capsula ovoideo-oblonga, ovario om- 
nino similis, secus placentas leviter 4-sulcata, levis, apice sensim in dentes 4 sub- 
pyramidato-acutos demum apice divergentes ipsa cire. triplo breviores producta, 
saepius cire. 6—7"" longa. — Semina ut in antecedente sed duplo majora. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei, L. ad Zwartkey in planitie alt. 4000 ped. s. m.; 
Decemb. (Drège, Documente in Flora 1843 p. 48, et specim. sicc. sub R. dipetala 
in hb. DC.! et Boiss. !) 
