Glabra compacta, 4-6 cm. alta; rami 2-foliati, quasi 4-6-foliati sed vero e ramulis 2-foliatis in florem terminantibus compositi, internodiis inclusis; folia fere erecta, beteromorpha, supra plana, carinata, carina saepius valde eccentrica, supra visa inferne oblonga, superne altero latere sat abrupte dilatata, apice oblique truncata vel semi-rotundata, 5-8 mm., vel ad 1.2 cm., lata diametroque, vel parte superiore subcomplanata, ad 2 cm. lata; pallide glauca, cano-punctata, punctis crebris plus minusve prominentibus, duo paris parum inaequilonga, 3-4 cm. longa, vagina ad 5 mm. longa; flores solitarii diurni, 4.5 cm. diam. (in cultis demum fortasse majores); pedunculus compressus, ad 1.3 cm. longus; receptaculum compressum, ad 9 mm. diam., in pedunculum gradatim abeuns; sepala 5, inaequilonga, 2 exteriora cucullata, compressa acuteque carinata, ad 1 cm. longa, mm. diam., 3 membranaceo-marginata; petala 1-2-seriata, sat laxa, obtusa, supra aurea, infra pallidiora, ad 1.7 cm. longa, superne ad 2 mm., basi 1 mm., lata; staminodia nulla; stamina diu erecta, filamentis basi obscure papillatis, ad 7 mm. longis, cum antheris pollineque aureis; discus annularis denticulatus; ovarium supra conico-elevatum per 3 mm., lobis lateraliter compressis, distantibus; stigmata 5, gracilia acuminata, 6.5 mm. longa; capsula baud visa.
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