Decumbent to erect much-branched shrub up to 1 m. tall but us. less, us. forming a dense flat-topped cushion 1 m. diam. or more. Ultimate branchlets 8 and close-set, short, spreading or erect, 1-1*5-(2) mm. diam., ± terete; internodes 1*5-3 mm. long, us. largely exposed; nodal joint well-marked. Lvs 1-1*5 mm. long, connate for ?-1/2 length, broad-ovate, obtuse, thick, rounded on back and rather abruptly projecting from branchlet. Spikes up to 12-fld and 1 cm. long but us. less. Bracts c. 1·5 mm. long, ovate-rhomboid, acute, slightly keeled. Calyx 1*5-2 mm. long, anterior lobes narrowly ovate-oblong, obtuse, free 1/2-⅔ length. Corolla-tube ± = calyx. Capsule 2-3 × 1∙5 mm., oval, obtuse, = or > calyx.

n = 20