Plant 6-10 in. high, branched at the base; branches ascending, more or less curved or decumbent at the base, unifariously pubescent; leaves ascending or somewhat spreading, 1 1/2-2 1/2 in. long, 1/2-1 1/3 lin. broad, linear, acute, narrowed or rounded into a short petiole at the base, glabrous or sometimes shortly and sparsely subhispid on the midrib beneath; umbel terminal, solitary, 4-6-flowered; peduncle 2-10 lin. long, unifariously puberulous; bracts about 2 lin. long, subulate; pedicels 3-8 lin. long, unifariously puberulous; sepals 2-2 1/2 lin. long, linear-lanceolate, very acute, subhispid on the back, ciliate at the base; corolla-lobes spreading or ascending, 4-5 lin. long, 1 1/2-2 1/2 lin. broad, oblong-lanceolate or broadly ovate-lanceolate, subacute, reflexed along the margins, glabrous on the back, minutely papillate-puberulous on the inner face; corona-lobes arising at the base of and equalling the staminal column, 1 1/2-2 lin. long, erect, distant, alternating with a short flat broadly rounded lobule at their base, cucullate, oblong in outline, tapering into the column at the base, scarcely broader at the oblique apex than elsewhere, 2/3-1 lin. broad, viewed sideways, with the top margins slightly ascending to the dorsal apex, not produced into teeth at inner apical angles, which are much infolded forming a somewhat boat-shaped concavity on the inner face and when dorsally flattened in drying boat-shaped in outline, without oblique keels or wings on the sides, but with a transverse shelf-like flap or fold within a little below the apex; staminal column about 1 3/4 lin. long; anther appendages rather large, elliptic-ovate or transverse, with their obtuse tips inflexed over the margin of the style-apex, which is variable in size and concavity; anther-wings rather long and broadly rounded.
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Perennial, geophytic, decumbent to erect herb, 105-290 mm long. Stems 2-6. Leaves spreading-ascending, linear, lanceolate, sometimes falcate, 8-85 x 1-5 mm, base cuneate, sometimes slightly oblique, apex acuminate, secondary veins inconspicuous; petioles ± 5 mm long. Inflorescences corymbose umbellate, 4-8-flowered; peduncle 9-30 mm long. Flowers purple, white-tinted or mottled purple. Corolla spreading-ascending; lobes lanceolate, 8.2-11.0 x 3.2-4.8 mm. Staminal column 3-4 mm high. Corona: lobes columnar 3.8-5.2 mm high, 1.0-1.6 mm wide, upper proximal ends blunt, level with style-stigma-head, upper margin ± truncate, distal end blunt; keel straight; sinus sealed with a sheet of tissue. Flowering time Nov.-Feb.
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