Plants acaulescent, with leaves in a basal rosette about 8 cm diam., not or slowly proliferous from the base. Leaves about 40, the young erect, incurved, the old ascending to spreading, ± incurved at the tip, about 45 mm long, 15 mm broad above the middle and about 10 mm broad at base, about 6 mm thick towards the tip, obovate acute; upper surface flat to convex, smooth, with a number of raised pellucid round and oblong spots up to 1 mm diam. near tip, smaller below, arranged mostly in longitudinal rows, some with teeth, with 5 to 6 ± reticulate dark to brownish-green lines in the lower half, brownish-green towards the tip becoming lighter green below, dull; lower surface triangular to convex, smooth towards the tip, with a number of oblong pellucid spots in about 10 longitudinal rows and about 12 dark brownish green lines, the leaf brownish-green towards the tip becoming lighter green below, dull; margins acute, from the base to the tip beset with pellucid white teeth which are about 1 mm long near the tip, becoming smaller below and minute at base; keel(s) (1-)2, the one central, the other towards the margin and frequently on one of the rows of pellucid spots, with teeth in the upper half similar to those on the margins; end-awn 4 mm long, white, minutely denticulate below, persistent. Inflorescence about 25 cm tall; peduncle simple, terete, about 4 mm diam., 19 cm long, bracteate, sterile bracts membranous, ovate to acuminate, about 10 mm long, erect; raceme about 6 cm long, with about 40 spirally arranged flowers and buds, 4 to 6 open simultaneously; floral bracts membranous, 9 mm long, deltoid, lanceolate, keeled with fine brown veins, clasping the pedicels, (longer than the pedicels); pedicels 4 mm long, 1 mm diam., green, erect; perianth dull white, not stipitate on the segments, 10 mm long, compressed at base, funnel-shaped, curved, tube more or less 6 mm across, constricted to 4 mm above; segments free to the base, limb 2 lipped; posterior segments erect to curved, bronzy-brown becoming whitish-yellow to white towards the base, with greenish-brown veins; stamens 6 of two lengths 3.5 and 4 mm long, inserted within the perianth tube; ovary 3 mm long, 1.75 mm diam., green; style 0.75 mm long, white, curved, capitate.
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