Stem simple or branched, 1-8 flowered, up to 19 cm. Leaves appressed, ovate, acute, 2-5 mm. Perianth tube urceolate, yellow with black stripes, 6-9 mm. Outer perianth lobes almost lacking; inner connate to a slightly acuminate, about 5 mm long mitre. Filaments constricted. Thecae divergent. Margin of the anthers and the winglike appendage hairy, apical part of the anther, below the insertion of the appendage, darker coloured; free apical margin 3-toothed, each tooth terminated by a stiff hair. Stigmas bilobate. Ovary obovoid, 3 mm. Funicles about as long as the ovules. Capsule ribbed, about 3 mm. Fruit stalk lengthened.
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