Rhizome an irregularly multi-lobed mass, becoming ferrugineous upon drying. Inflorescence pink, the peduncle with an irregularly short-lobed, basal sheath, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, vertically ribbed, glabrous, the head globose and becoming fusiform, 2-4 cm. long, 1.5-2.0 cm. in diameter, the scales 3-4 mm. in diameter, stalk 2-3 mm. long, the paraphysoid trichomes claviform, 1.5-2.0 mm. long. Staminate flowers not seen. Pistillate flowers: perianth a low epigynous collar or absent (?); ovary obovoid, 1 mm. long, 0.5-0.75 mm. broad, the styles 1.0-1.5 mm. long, the stigmas minutely capitate; pedicel to 0.5 mm. long. Fruit obovoid, about 1.5 mm. long, 1 mm. broad.
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