HABIT	A LARGE, GLABROUS, ANNUAL HERB OR UNDERSHRUB.
STEMS	UP TO 3 M TALL.
LEAVES	3-5 COSTATE, OVATE-LANCEOLATE OR LINEAR-LANCEOLATE, 5.5-15 CM LONG, 1.5-8 CM BROAD, ACUTE OR ACUMINATE, COARSELY SERRATE, BASAL SERRATURES BACKWARDLY PROLONGED INTO SETACEOUS APPENDAGES.
FLOWERS	YELLOW, 8-10 MM ACROSS, PEDICELLATE.
FRUITS	CAPSULE SUBGLOBOSE-GLOBOSE, 10-12 MM IN DIAMETER, BEAKLESS AND DEPRESSED AT APEX, SCABROUS, RIDGED, TUBERCULATE OR MURICATE, 5- LOCULED, LOCULES ASEPTATE.
SEEDS	CUNEIFORM, 2 MM LONG, BROWN, GLABROUS.