HABIT	A BRANCHED PROSTRATE OR SUB-ERECT, FLESHY ANNUAL ROOTING AT THE NODES.
STEMS	ROUND, PINKISH, GROWING TO A LENGTH OF 1.5 FEET OR MORE.
LEAVES	SIMPLE, UP TO 3 INCHES LONG, NARROWLY OBLONG, ACUTE, ALTERNATE AND SHEATHING AT THEIR BASE; SHEATHS ARE DILATED, CLASPING THE STEM, AND CILIATE WITH LONG HAIRS ON MARGINS AND SIDES.
FLOWERS	BLUE, IN AXILLARY CYMOSE CLUSTERS, PARTLY HIDDEN BY THE LEAF SHEATHS.
FRUITS	LOCULICIDAL CAPSULE, BEAKED AT THE TOP.
SEEDS	GRAYISH, TRUNCATE AT BASE WITH SMALL CONICAL POINT AT THE TOP AND PITTED.