Stem up to 5 cm, 1-2-flowered. Leaves appressed, acuminate, to 5 mm. At the base of the flower 3 bracts. Perianth tube urceolate, about 2½ mm, greenish-grey, with 12 longitudinal, brownish-black stripes. Outer perianth lobes almost absent, inner ones connate to a 2½ mm long, acuminate mitre. Annulus prominent, 6-lobed. Margin of the filaments and upper part of the anthers with short hairs. Thecae oblong, inserted on the margins of the anthers. Free apical margin of the anthers with teeth, tapering to stiff hairs. Inserted on the midline a large, wing-like appendage, provided with bundles of hairs on the angles. Stigmas ovate, bilobate, papillose, whitish. Ovary obovoid, about 3 mm. Funicle about the same length as the ovules. Capsule papillose, about 5 mm.
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