Enarganthe

Shrubs up to 400 mm high, with smooth, woody branches and fibrous roots. Leaves opposite, not united, +/- terete with a widened rounded apex, up to +/- 35 mm long, 15 mm in diameter; epidermal cells with crystals in outer walls, stomata not sunken, wax cover +/- smooth or with fine threads. Flowers solitary or occasionally with 2 lateral ones in addition, shortly pedicellate or subsessile, 60-70 mm in diameter; opening at noon. Sepals 4, unequal, 2 foliaceous, 2 with broad membranous margins. Petals many in +/- 2 series, free, obtuse, bright magenta, sometimes with obscure stripe. Stamens 1-seriate; filaments papillate, magenta; staminodes 0. Nectary a crenulate ring. Ovary convex on top; placentas parietal; stigmas 8, short, subulate. Fruit a 8-locular capsule, of Lampranthus type but with narrow valve wings; fairly large and woody; expanding keels diverging; covering membranes present, small, not covering entire locule; closing bodies small (unusual in a Lampranthus type capsule). Seeds pear-shaped, brown to blackish brown. F lowering in mid-winter. D istinguishing characters: erect perennials with woody branches; flowers magenta; fruit 8-locular, with small closing bodies.