Erectum rigidum, 35 cm altum vel ultra; rami ad 6 mm diam., internodiis 2-4 cm longis; folia adscendentia vel fere erecta, dorso rotundata vel inconspicue carinata vel superne subcompressa, lateribus leviter convexis, supra plana, lateraliter visa acuta vel abrupte acuta, glauca. apice purpurea, levia, 2-3 cm, vel rarius ad 4 cm, longa, ad 5 cm lata diametroque, vagina vix ad 1 mm longa; flores 1-3-ternati, inflorescentia ad 15 cm longa, ad 14 cm diam., diurni, 4.2 cm diam.; peduncui ultimi 2-7 cm longi, apicem versus bracteati vel intermedii saepius ebracteati. bracteis ultimis ad 1.3 cm longis; receptaculum turbinatum, apice ad 9 mm diam.; sepala 5 fere aequilonga, acuta, ad 9 mm longa, 3 late brunneo-marginata; petala 4-5-seriata, in staminodia gradatim transeuntia, demum late recurvata, obtusa vel subacuta, inferne angustata, rosea, ad 1.9 cm longa, ad 2 mm lata; staminodia numerosa, in stamina diu incurvata, exteriora erecta, stamina parum superantia, rosea; stamina ad 5 mm longa. filamentis roseis, basi papillatis, antheris pollineque luteis; discus insigniter latus planusque, crenulatus; ovarium supra obtuse lobatum, lobis distantibus, stellatim dispositis; stigmata subulata, ad 2 mm longa; capsula expansa anni prioris ad 1.3 cm diam.
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