Stem simple, 1-flowered, 3 cm, provided with 2 basal, opposite, scale-like lanceolate leaves, about 5 mm, and 2 apical bracts, of the same shape and size as the basal leaves; both leaves and bracts beset with stiff, terete, blunt processes on the back. Perianth urceolate; tube pink with longitudinal striae, 8 mm. Lobes patent, ovate-triangular in the basal part, tapering at the apex to filiform tentacles. Annulus prominent. Anthers not or scarcely stuck together, provided with 2 lateral teeth at the free apical margin and a wing-like appendage inserted at the middle of the connective. Stigmas lanceolate, bifid, acute, papillose. Ovary about 4 mm, obovoid, truncate.
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