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Plants acaulescent, with leaves in a basal rosette about 6.5 cm diam., not or slowly proliferous from the base. Leaves about 45, the young erect, ± incurved, the old ascending, incurved, about 37 mm long, up to 12 mm broad, up to 6 mm thick, ovate, acute to lanceolate, mauvish-brown; upper surface convex, swollen above the middle, smooth, irregularly pellucid in the upper half, with solitary and confluent longitudinally oblong pellucid markings, the pellucid part about 18 mm long, with about 8 mauvish-brown or green reticulate connected lines, reddish-green below, mauvish-brown above, dull; lower surface convex, smooth; with solitary and confluent longitudinally oblong pellucid markings in the upper half, and about 11 indistinct darker, more or less reticulate lines which are reddish near the tip, light green below; keels 2, in the upper third, with 1.25 mm long pellucid teeth; margins acute, with 1.25 mm long pellucid acuminate teeth at the middle of the leaf, becoming smaller at the tip. Inflorescence about 37 cm tall. Peduncle 27 cm long, simple, about 2 mm diam., bracteate, sterile bracts membranous, abruptly long acuminate, about 8 mm long, erect, keeled; raceme about 10 cm long, with about 12 spirally arranged flowers and buds, 2 to 3 open simultaneously; floral bracts membranous, 4 mm long, deltoid, acute, keeled with reddish-brown veins, clasping the pedicels, (longer than the pedicels); pedicels 2.5 mm long, 1 mm diam., brown, erect; perianth white with greenish-brown keels to the segments, 15 mm long, compressed at base, funnel-shaped, tube more or less 4 mm across, constricted to 3 mm above, curved; segments free to the base, limb 2 lipped; posterior segments recurved, spreading, white with broad greenish-brown veins; exterior part recurved, spreading, white with medium to fine greenish-brown veins; stamens 6 of two lengths 5 and 6 mm long, inserted within the perianth tube; ovary 3 mm long, 1.25 mm diam., light green; style 0.75 mm long, white, curved, capitate.
Acaulescent succulent with small rosettes, up to 50 mm diam., forming clumps. Leaves pale to purplish green, mottled with translucent spots, margins and keels with short spines. Flowers in a slender raceme, greyish white, yellowish in tube.
Acaulescent succulent with small rosettes to 5 cm diam. Leaves light green, mottled. Flowers greyish.
