Ornithogalum britteniae F.M.Leight. ex Oberm.

Bulb ovoid with papery or somewhat fibrous tunics, 15-25 mm in diam. Leaves 5-7, distichous, ensiform, conduplicate, 50 mm long, 10 mm broad hard, glaucous, apex curving outwards, obtuse, the base clasping, tubular, margin sclerotic, densely and shortly fimbriate, especially towards the apex. Raceme slender, much exserted, c. 250 mm long; peduncle thin laxly curved; bracts minute, auriculate, abruptly aristate, membranous; pedicels filiform, c. 5 mm. Perianth-segments narrowly ovate, 6-8 mm long, cream and cinnamon. Stamens with the filaments narrowly ovate-acuminate, about 4 mm long. Ovary oblong-globose, trigonous, 3 mm; style terete, 3 mm, shortly 3-lobed apically with stigmatic papillate margins. Capsule unknown.