Shrub to 30 cm. tall. Lfy twigs 2.5-7 mm. diam. (all on one plant of ± uniform size), deeply longitudinally grooved between lf-tips. Lvs erecto-patent, spreading with age, c. 4 mm. long, 1 mm. wide near tip, narrow-oblong above broad base, trough-shaped with margins turned upwards from flattened abaxial surface, the tip thick, squarish; marginal cilia short and stiff. Infls to 6 mm. long, when ∞ hiding vegetative tip; peduncle hidden by lvs even in fr. Fls in 1-3 pairs, sessile. Bracts like lvs but with proportionately shorter laminae, to 2.5 mm. long. Calyx-lobes rather > bracts, sts with some hairs on backs as well as margins. Corolla-tube < calyx, lobes rounded, = or > tube, flat; ♀ with short stamens and large frilled stigma as in Buchanan's t. 29. Capsule c. 4 × 2.5 mm., rather long-oval, c. 2 × calyx-lobes.