Abstract
Frutex carnosus, spinosus, usque I m altus; caules numerosi, sparse ramosi, ascendentes, 1-3 cm crassi, 6-8-angulati, inter angulos profunde sulcati; ramuli 4-5-12 cm longi, 10-13 mm diametro. Scutella in angulis disposita, obtuse triangularia, breviter decurrentia, usque 6 mm longa, 2 5 mm lata, 2 5-8 mm distantia; spinis binis, divergentibus, usque 8 mm longis, acerosis; aculei desunt vel rudimentarii. Folia squamosa, minuta, caduca. Cymae solitariae, supra scutella producta, semel furcatae; pedunculus et cymae rami subsessiles; bracteae obtuse triangulares, 2 mm longae et latae. Involucra cupularia, 3 mm longa, cum glandulis 4 mm lata; glandulae patentes, rectangulares, 2 mm latae, 0-75 mm longae, flavae. Lobi subquadrati, I mm longi et lati, dentati. Flores masculi: bracteolae membranaceae, laciniatae, pedicello aequi longae; pedicellus 2-5 mm longus; filamentum 0-75 mm longum; antherarum thecae 0-5 mm longae. Flos femineus: perianthium ad marginem minutum redactum; styli 2-5 mm longi, usque ad dimidium connati, apice incrassati, rugulosi. Capsula exserta, pedicello reflexo, usque 5 mm longo; capsula subglobosa, trilobata, 3-5 mm alta, 5'5 mm diametro. Semen ovoideum, 1"75 mm longum, I 25 mm diametro, laeve.
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