Watsonia distans L.Bolus

Plants 150-350 mm high. Corm depressed-globose, 15-25 mm diam.; tunics finely to coarsely netted. Stem erect, simple. Leaves 3 or 4, lower 2 or 3 basal, linear, 3-6 mm wide, midrib and margins moderately thickened and hyaline, others sheathing stem below, ± half as long to as long as spike; bract-like cauline leaves 1 or more, tightly sheathing, brown and dry. Spike 2-to 7(10)-flowered; bracts probably dry and brown, 10-13 mm long, inner somewhat shorter, forked apically. Flowers zygomorphic, pale pink to purple; perianth tube with lower part 8-12 mm long, shortly emerging from bracts, upper part horizontal and weakly funnel-shaped or subcylindric, 9-12 mm long, 3-5 mm diam. at mouth; tepals spreading, obovate, 15-20 x 7-9 mm. Filaments unilateral and arcuate, 10-14(-17) mm long; anthers 5-6 mm long, evidently yellow. Style arching over stamens, dividing ± at middle of anthers, branches 3-4 mm long. Capsules and seeds unknown.