corm globose, squamose; scales castaneous, cuspidate at the apex; leaves narrow linear, superposed, 1/2 lin. broad; stem flexuose, glabrous, forked, 9–10 in. long; flowers in a short flexuose spike; outer spathe-valve oblong, 1/3 in. long, green, with a brown scariose margin; perianth-tube cylindrical, reddish, 1/3 in. long, segments ovate, acute, the outer reddish, the inner white. null
Distribution
WESTERN REGION Little Namaqualand; near Elbvagfontein, Drège, 2639; Nababeep, 3200 ft., MacOwan and Bolus Herb. Norm. Austr. Afr. 694!