Plant stemless, about 46 leaves in a dense rosette 6 cm diam., 3 cm tall, proliferous from the base and forming dense clusters. Leaves crowded, the young ascending, the old spreading, tender, 20-30 mm long, 13-16 mm broad about 1/3 from tip, 12-13 mm broad at base, 6-8 mm thick above middle, obovate-oblong, broadly acute, the naked pellucid end-awn 0.75 mm long; face rounded somewhat swollen near tip, smooth, sometimes with a few longitudinally oblong pellucid spots near the tip or pellucid near tip and along margins, and with 7 indistinctly reticulate lines the middle one reaching the tip, light green, dull; back rounded, swollen near the tip, with a few longitudinally oblong spots near the tip, these longer on the keel, and with 11 indistinctly reticulate lines three of which reach the tip, darker green than face, dull; keel obtuse, somewhat oblique, pellucid towards the tip, entire; margins acute below, blunt and broadly pellucid in the upper 1/3, entire. Peduncle simple, terete, 1.75 mm diam., light greenish-brown below, 15 cm long including the 3 cm long raceme, about 16 spirally arranged flowers and buds, one flower open at a time; pedicels 1.75 mm long, 1.5 by 1 mm, elliptical oval, erect, green; sterile bracts 5 mm long, 8, the lowest 31 cm from base of peduncle; fertile bracts 4 mm long, deltoid, acute, white, with a fine green nerve; perianth white, brown nerved, 17 mm long, the cylindrical-triangular base 4.25 mm diam. across, constricted to 3.5 mm above, ovate-oblong, curved, spreading; upper perianth segments obtuse, channelled, the inner one slightly recurved, the face colour white becoming brownish below and with a fine greenish-brown nerve, the 2 outer segments shortly revolute, spreading, the face white and with a fine reddish-brown nerve; lower segments obtuse, the inner one somewhat flat, revolute, the face colour white with a fine reddish-brown nerve, the 2 outer segments deeply channelled, recurved about 90°, spreading, the face colour white, with a greenish-brown nerve which is fine above and broad below; stamens 4 and 5 mm long; ovary 2.75 mm long, 1.25 mm diam., light brown; style 0.75 mm long, bent, capitate.
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