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Herb succulent, stemless. Leaves 16-23 in a dense rosette, erect-spreading, lanceolate-ensiform, distinctly attenuated, recurved at the apex, glaucous, unspotted, somewhat flat at the base canaliculate above, 45-50 cm long, and 8-9 cm broad at the base; margins cartilaginous, wavy and toothed; teeth standing out at right angles to the margins, deltoid, recurved, pale brown, 14-2 mm long and about 8-9 mm apart. Inflorescence very branched, about 60 cm.-l metre high; peduncle stout, glaucous, naked; branches 5-7 spreading horizontally to obliquely, with a few small deltoid-acute empty bracts at the base; racemes densely flowered 22-40 cm long; flowers secund, all pointing upwards the centre of the inflorescence and at the same time slightly deflexed, unopened flowers copal red (R.C.S.), green at the tips, sulphur-yellow (R.C.S.) when expanded and tinged with red towards the base; the young buds distinctly globular; bracts scariose, pellucidate, 5-6 mm long, ovate-cuspidate, reflexed; pedicels recurved 3-4 mm long. Perianth 25 mm long, cylindrical-ventricose, very shortly stipitate; outer segments free for 15-17 mm., obtuse, recurved at the apex, 3-5-nerved; inner segments obtuse, recurved, tipped with auburn (R.C.S.); with three green nerves. Stamens projecting 11 mm beyond the perianth and slightly recurved, the exposed portion of the filaments chestnut-brown to black; anthers mars orange (R.C.S.). Style stout, strongly recurved, pale sulphur-yellow (R.C.S.). Capsule shortly stipitate, oblong-ovoid, 25 mm long and 13 mm broad.
Plants stemless, 400-600 mm tall excluding inflorescence, suckering and forming large dense groups. Leaves ±20 per rosette, erectly spreading to slightly incurved, with recurved apices, 400-600 x 55-90 mm, glaucous. Inflorescence of lax, secund racemes, with 8-18 horizontal to ascending branches, up to 1 m tall; bracts ovate-acute to lanceolate-acute, 3-8 x 3-4 mm, 3-5-nerved. Flowers deep dull red in bud, sulphur-yellow to ivory-coloured at flowering, 18-26 mm long; outer segments connate in basal third, inner segments free; pedicels 2-5 mm long. Anthers exserted 5-12 mm. Ovary ±6 x 2 mm; style exserted 5-14 mm. Fruit ±25 x 13 mm.
Leaves in a dense rosette, spreading-erect with apices slightly recurved; lamina 40–60 cm long, 8–11 cm wide at the base, lanceolate-attenuate, greyish-green, pink-tinged in dry conditions, without spots; margin cartilaginous with firm deltoid pale brown-tipped teeth c. 2 mm long and 5–10 mm apart.
Perianth dull-red with a bloom, and ivory to yellowish towards the mouth, 22–25 mm long, 5–6 mm in diameter across the ovary, clavate and widening to c. 10 mm in diameter, then narrowing slightly at the mouth; outer segments free for c. two-thirds with tips not recurved; buds almost globose.
Succulent herb, up to 0.6 mm high, excluding inflorescence. Stems procumbent. Bracts 3-5-nerved. Inflorescence shorter than 1 m. Racemes secund, bicoloured, lax to sublax. Flowers deep dull red in bud, sulphur-yellow to ivory at anthesis.
Inflorescences 1–2, erect to 1.75 m high; peduncle 5–12-branched, the lowest branches occasionally rebranched; branches oblique to horizontally spreading, subtended by deltoid scarious bracts to 10 × 12 mm.
Racemes 30–40 × 3 cm, ± densely flowered, ± horizontal with the flowers secund along the upper side of the rhachis; bracts 4–6 × 3–4 mm, ovate, papery, whitish; pedicels 3–4 mm long.
Stamens and stigma exserted 10–12 mm; stamens with dark purple filaments and orange anthers, stigma whitish.
Perennial herb, suckering to form large dense groups of plants with suckers to 50 cm long, acaulescent.
Capsule and seeds not seen.
