HABIT	ERECT OR ASCENDING, SOME TIMES PROSTRATE, ANNUAL HERB.
STEMS	SLENDER, NUMEROUS, DICHOTOMOUSLY BRANCHED.
LEAVES	1.3 X 2.2 CM LONG IN WHORLS OF 4-5, UNEQUAL, OBLANCEOLATE, OR LINEAR LANCEOLATE, OR SOMETIMES SPATULATE.
FLOWERS	SMALL, WHITE, IN AXILLARY FASCICLES OF 2 OR MORE WITH LONG FILIFORM PEDICELS.
FRUITS	CAPSULE ELLIPSOID, A LITTLE SHORTER THAN SEPALS.