Watsonia emiliae L.Bolus

Plants 400-600 mm high. Corm depressed-globose, 25-30 mm diam.; tunics finely to coarsely netted. Stem erect, simple or with short, ascending branches. Leaves 2 to 4, lower 1 or 2 basal, linear, 4-5 mm wide, midrib and margins moderately thickened and hyaline, others smaller and partly sheathing; bract-like cauline leaves 2 or more, distant in upper part of stem. Spike 7-to 20-flowered; bracts probably dry and brown, 12-15 mm long, acute, inner somewhat shorter, forked apically for 2-4 mm. Flowers zygomorphic, pale pink with dark streak in lower midline of each tepal; perianth tube with lower part 10-12 mm long, usually included in bracts, upper part funnel-shaped, 6-8 mm long; suberect below and spreading distally, oblanceolate, 16-20 x 7-9 mm. Filaments unilateral and arcuate, 9-14 mm long, exserted 2-4 mm from tube; anthers 8-9 mm long, yellow. Style arching over stamens, dividing near apex of anthers, branches ± 3.5 mm long. Capsules narrowly obovoid, 9-12 mm long. Seeds unknown.