Xerophyta schlechteri (Baker) N.L.Menezes

Perennial herbs without distinct stem. Leaves about 15 cm long and 3-5 mm wide, blade persistent, V-shaped, slightly flanged, linear with acuminate tip, midvein on both adaxial and abaxial surfaces prominent, midvein and margins thickened and serrate, margins not revolute, glandular spots on adaxial surface. Flowers solitary on 12-15-cm-long peduncle. Tepals 20-25 cm long, white to cream, the outer apiculate, the inner obtuse. Stamens six, filaments short, anthers about 10 mm long. Style 3-4 mm long, stigma about the same size or slightly longer. Ovary 3-4 mm long and 4-5 mm in diameter, subglobose. Peduncle, ovary and outside of external tepals covered with dark glands.