Stem 16-20 in. high, usually simple, glabrous; leaves 2.25-4 in. long, 0.5-1 lin. broad, linear, acute, glabrous, thinly ciliate but not toothed on the margins; umbels 2-4 to a stem, laxly racemose, pedunculate, 9-12-flowered, often subcompound; peduncles 0.33-1.25 in. long, glabrous; bracts 0.67-1 lin. long, subulate, ciliate; pedicels 2-3 lin. long, pubescent on one side; sepals 1-1.25 lin. long, 0.33 lin. broad, lanceolate, acute or acuminate, thinly pubescent, ciliate; corolla-tube 1 lin. long, 1.33 lin. in diam., globose-campanulate, constricted under the limb, glabrous outside, densely bearded with deflexed hairs on the upper part within, glabrous below; lobes 1 lin. long, 0.67 lin. broad, oblong, subacute, glabrous on the back, densely covered with long soft white hairs all over the inner face, except along the margins; corona-lobes not reaching to the mouth of the corolla-tube, 0.67 lin. long, broadly cuneate, 3-toothed, lateral teeth very short, middle tooth subulate, shortly exceeding and incurved over the style-apex and hairs of the anthers; staminal column 0.67 lin. long; anthers oblong, longer than broad, densely ciliate at the apex with long white hairs.
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Perennial, geophytic herb, stems usually unbranched, up to 0.6 m high. Leaves linear, 50-105 x 1.0-2.5 mm, glabrous, apex acute, margins ciliate. Inflorescences 9-12-flowered umbels; peduncles 8.5-32.0 mm long. Flowers globose-campanulate; tube 2.0-2.5 x 2.8 mm, constricted at mouth, lower surface glabrous, densely bearded in upper half with deflexed hairs; lobes oblong, 2.0-2.5 x 1.3-1.4 mm, lower surface glabrous, densely covered in hairs above but glabrous along margins. Corona shorter than corolla tube; lobes broadly cuneate, 3-toothed, middle one overtopping style apex. Anthers oblong, densely long white-ciliate at apex. Flowering time Dec., Jan.
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