HABIT	AN ERECT OR SUBERECT, ANNUAL HERB, 30-60 CM TALL.
STEMS	STEM AND BRANCHES GLABROUS.
LEAVES	3-4 COSTATE, OBLONG-LANCEOLATE OR LINEAR-LANCEOLATE OR SOMEWHAT ELLIPTIC-OBOVATE, 1.5-9 CM LONG, 0.6- 2.2 CM BROAD, CRENATE-SERRATE, BASAL SERRATURES PROLONGED INTO FILIFORM SPREADING APPENDAGES OR NOT, ACUTE.
FLOWERS	CYME 1-4 FLOWERED, ANTIPHYLLOUS, SHORT PEDUNCLED. FLOWERS YELLOW, 1 CM ACROSS, SUBSESSILE.
FRUITS	CAPSULES 1-3 TOGETHER, ERECT, CYLINDRICAL, 1.5-4 CM LONG, 2 MM IN DIAMETER, NOT RIBBED, GLABROUS, TERMINATED BY 3 SPREADING BIFID TIPS, 3-LOCULED, LOCULES ASEPTATE.
SEEDS	ANGULAR, OBLIQUELY TRUNCATE AT BOTH ENDS, BLACK.