Tritonia linearifolia Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

Plants mostly 150-500 mm high. Corm subglobose or depressed-globose, 10-20 mm diam., tunics somewhat papery, of fine-textured fibres, extending in a papery or fibrous neck, with clusters of cormlets at base on short, fasciated stolons. Stem ± erect below, simple or with up to 2 branches. Leaves 7 to 12, dry at flowering, linear, suberect or trailing, slightly twisted, ± as long as or slightly longer than stem, (10-)20-60 x 1-2 mm, soft-textured, main vein moderately thickened. Spike inclined, ± 2-ranked, (2-)4-to 8-flowered; bracts soft-textured, papery of membranous, translucent or straw-coloured lightly flushed or speckled brownish distally, outer 8-12 mm long, acute or minutely 3-toothed, inner bracts slightly shorter, bifid. Flowers zygomorphic, white with purple veins on reverse, lower 3 tepals with narrow, median, yellowish green longitudinal mark at base, unscented; perianth tube cylindric, 35-45 mm long, straight but curved outward and widening in upper 5-7 mm to 5-8 mm diam.; tepals unequal, uppermost largest, dorsal and lower median tepals suberect, other tepals spreading in distal half, dorsal tepal ovate-elliptic, 18-20 x 10-12 mm, remaining tepals oblong, 18-20 x 5-7 mm, lower 3 tepals with low, median, ridge-like callus. Filaments arcuate and unilateral, 13-16 mm long; anthers 5-6 mm long, apiculate, purple; pollen purple. Style dividing opposite middle to apex of anthers, branches ± 2 mm long.