corm globose, 1/6– 1/4 in. diam.; tunics brown, crustaceous, ending in a ring of short bristles; basal leaves 2–3, subsetaceous or narrowly linear, 1-nerved, weak, glabrous, falcate, 2–4 in. long, 1/4– 1/2 lin. broad; stems 1-flowered, simple or forked, very slender, with one short leaf with a dilated sheath; spathe-valves oblong, thin, green, 1/4 in. long; flower blue when dry, but pale yellow when fresh; perianth-tube 1/6 in. long; segments oblong, obtuse, 1/4– 1/3 in. long; anthers lanceolate, reaching nearly to the tip of the perianth; style much exserted from the tube, with 3 short spreading branches. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Zwartberg, near Caledon, Zeyher, 3966!
