Small plants up to 15 cm. high, from a very short rhizome; roots reduced to a fascicle of elongated tubers, 1.5–2 cm. long.. Leaves few, rosulate, lanceolate, 8–14 cm. long, ± 1.5 cm. wide, with a hyaline margin.. Peduncle slender, scabrid, leafless, 5–7 cm. long.. Inflorescence a simple raceme; rhachis ± pubescent; floral bracts narrow, membranous, up to 3 mm. long.. Pedicels articulated near or slightly above the middle, suberect, glabrous, 3 mm. long at anthesis, usually solitary at the nodes.. Flowers inconspicuous; tepals semipatent, whitish, 6 mm. long, 3-veined.. Stamens shorter than the perianth.. Capsule trigonous, indistinctly transversely ridged, 6–9 mm. long and 9–12 mm. wide, emarginate, with withered remnants of the perianth at the base.. Seeds flat, slightly folded, 2 mm. in diameter.
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