stems 4–8 in. high, simple or branched at the base, bifariously puberulous; leaves ascending or somewhat spreading, 2–3 1/2 in. long, 1/2–1 3/4 lin. broad, linear, acute, with revolute margins; umbels pedunculate or subsessile, 3–8-flowered, globose; peduncle 1–4 1/2 lin. long; bracts 1–3 lin. long, linear-subulate, glabrous; pedicels about 1 lin. long, rather stout, puberulous; sepals 2–2 1/2 lin. long, 3/4 lin. broad, lanceolate, acute, glabrous; corolla-lobes 3 lin. long, 1 1/4–1 1/3 lin. broad, oblong, obtusely pointed, erect, concave at the basal part, convex and recurved-revolute at the tips, glabrous on both sides with a velvety sheen on the surface of the apical part, whitish; corona-lobes erect, exserted beyond the corolla, 3–4 lin. long, nearly 1 lin. broad at the base, lanceolate, gradually tapering to a subulate incurved-hooked apex, prominently and acutely keeled down the back, with a rhomboid expansion on the back at the base, flattish or perhaps slightly channelled on the inner face, apparently purple-brown with paler margins; staminal column about 1 1/2 lin. long; anther-appendages ovate, acute, with their tips inflexed over the rim of the shallowly crater-like style-apex. null
