Plants acaulescent, up to 14 cm high, 5 to 7 cm diam., slowly proliferous from the base, green to yellow green. Leaves numerous, up to 4 cm long, about 14 mm broad at the base, up to 5 mm thick, triangular lanceolate tapering; upper surface flat or slightly concave, smooth, not pellucid; lower surface rounded, tubercled with about 20 transverse bands of small white tubercles; margins acute, with tubercles similar to those on the lower surface. Inflorescence about 38 cm long; peduncle simple or compound, terete, about 2 mm diam., about 20 cm long, bracteate; sterile bracts membranous, ovate, acuminate, about 4 mm long, erect, keeled; raceme about 11 cm long, about 20 flowers and buds, 2 open simultaneously; floral bracts 3 mm long, membranous, deltoid, acute, keeled with light brown veins, clasping the pedicels, (equal in length to the pedicels); pedicels 3 mm long, 1 mm diam., green, erect; perianth reddish-white with light brown keels to the segments, 15 mm long, compressed at base, funnel-shaped, tube more or less 4 mm across constricted to 2 mm above, little spreading, straight; segments not free to the base, limb 2 lipped; posterior segments erect, tips little recurved, not spreading, white with reddish-brown veins; exterior part recurved, not spreading, white with reddish-brown veins; stamens 6 of two lengths 8 and 9 mm long, inserted within the perianth tube; ovary 6 mm long, 2 mm diam., green; style 1.75 mm long, straight, not capitate.
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Proliferous, acaulescent to semi-caulescent. Leaves lanceolate-deltoid, 70-100 x 10-15 mm, incurving to spreading, scabrid with white tubercles, with fibres. Flowering time Nov.-Jan.
Acaulescent or caulescent succulent, forming dense rosettes, often in clumps. Leaves green, fairly broad, incurved, with white, banded tubercles. Flowers white.
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