Plants acaulescent, with leaves in a basal rosette which is about 80 mm diam., proliferous from the base and forming small clusters. Leaves about 80, the young erect, incurved, the old spreading-incurved, about 40 mm long, green, about 10 mm broad, up to 5 mm thick near the middle, lanceolate, acuminate; upper surface flatly convex, smooth, pellucid in the upper third, the remainder semi-pellucid, about 6 or 7 longer and shorter, tessellately branched lines in the lower portion of the leaf, the pellucid part about 15 mm long; lower surface partly convex, smooth, with the upper third pellucid, the remainder semi-pellucid, with about 10 longer and shorter green, tessellately connected parallel lines; keel ill defined, 1, centrally positioned, smooth, or with a few pellucid teeth in the upper third of the leaf; margins acute, with about 4 mm long straight or curved pellucid teeth, becoming shorter towards the base of the leaf; end-awn white, 7-18 mm long, denticulate. Inflorescence up to 250 mm tall; peduncle simple, terete, about 2.5 mm diam., about 70 mm long, bracteate, sterile bracts membranous, ovate, acuminate, about 7 mm long, erect, keeled; raceme about 180 mm long, lax, with about 36 spirally arranged flowers and buds, 3 to 5 open simultaneously; floral bracts 4 mm long, membranous, deltoid, acuminate, keeled with brown veins, clasping the pedicels, (longer than the pedicels); pedicels about 3 mm long, 1 mm diam., green, erect; perianth greyish-white, with brown and green keels to the segments, 15 mm long, compressed at base, funnel-shaped, more or less 3 mm across, constricted to 2.5 mm above, curved; segments free to the base, limb 2 lipped; posterior segments little recurved, spreading, white with brown veins; exterior part recurved, spreading, white with green veins; stamens 6 of two lengths 6 and 7 mm long, inserted within the perianth tube; ovary 5 mm long, 2 mm diam., green; style white, 1 mm long, curved, capitate.
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