Cyphia richardsiae E.Wimm.

Erect or sometimes somewhat twisting herb, 20–50 cm. tall.. Stem unbranched, ribbed, sparsely and finely pubescent in the inflorescence region.. Leaves sessile, up to 20–75 mm. long, 2–8 mm. wide, linear to linear-lanceolate, acute at the apex, attenuate at the base, revolute, thickened and serrulate at the margin, glabrous; midvein very prominent beneath.. Raceme rather dense, sometimes with a short branch below, 4–16 cm. long, ± 10–30-flowered; pedicels 1.5–5.5 mm. long, shortly crisped pubescent; bracts linear, 5–15 (–30) mm. long, denticulate; bracteoles 1–1.5 mm. long.. Hypanthium broadly obconical, 10-nerved, sparsely pubescent at least towards the base.. Calyx-lobes narrowly triangular, ± erect or spreading, 1.2–3.5 mm. long, with 1–3 pairs of teeth at the margin, glabrous.. Corolla 5–9.5 mm. long, pale pink, mauve, lavender or white, split to the base into 2 lips, the upper 3-lobed but finally disintegrating, the lower divided into 2 free petals; all petals narrowly oblanceolate to linear, glabrous outside, pubescent inside at the base only to ± pubescent in their entire length.. Stamens 2.5–3 mm. long; filaments linear, abruptly dilated, ciliate and obscurely connate at the very base; anthers elliptic-oblong, 1.2–1.5 mm. long, pubescent with up to 0.8–1 mm. long, rather straight to curled hairs on the upper 3/4 of the connective and with shorter hairs towards its base, also a small tuft of hairs ± 0.2 mm. long at the tip.. Ovary semi-inferior; style ± 1.2–1.6 mm. long.. Capsule subglobose, inferior part ± 4 mm. long, membranous, with 10 distinct nerves connected by weak transverse nerves; valves ± 2 mm. long.. Seeds broadly elliptic in outline, irregularly angular, ± 1 mm. long, coarsely reticulate, brown.