Stems filiform, greenish-white or whitish. Inflr. a globose , few-flowered head 7 -8 mm diam. Perianth white, appearing papillate but surface scarcely raised. Calyx 1.5 to nearly 2mm long, +/- ovate, thick and fleshy, +/- reddish on back. Corolla 2.5-3mm long; lobes a little < tube acute, thickened at apex. Scales olny united at base, reaching filaments and arching forwards, fimbricate but not bifid. Stigma < style, slender, together = or > the globose ovary. Capsule 1-1.5 mm diam., basally circumscissile. Seeds c. 0.8- 0.9 mm long.GM 43/4