Romulea hantamensis (Diels) Goldblatt

Plants 70-150 mm high. Corm ovoid and pointed at base, 8-15 mm diam., oblique, tunics woody with straight or slightly curved teeth converging to basal point. Stem subterranean. Leaves ± 6 to 10, arcuate or spreading, all basal, terete, narrowly 4-grooved, 1.0-1.5 mm diam. Peduncles up to 5, not or very shortly exserted from leaf bases, remaining erect in fruit; outer bracts green flushed purple at base with narrow colourless membranous margins, 28-35 mm long, sheathing lower part of perianth tube, closely ribbed (8 to 10 veins/mm), inner bracts with wider, colourless or brown-speckled membranous margins. Flowers salver-shaped, dull pink or magenta to purple (rarely white) with dark blotch in distal third and dark veins and white throat, outer tepals greenish with purple veins on reverse; perianth tube cylindric, 35-70 mm long; tepals elliptic, spreading, 10-14 x 3-5 mm. Filaments inserted near top of tube, exserted, 3 mm long, glabrous, white; anthers 3-5 mm long, purple-striped with whitish pollen. Style dividing just below to just beyond anther apices. Capsules oblong, 12-15 mm long, borne above ground.