Rhizome robust, jointed; radical fibres many; neck slightly setose. Leaves many, distichous, linear, 1 1/2–2 ft. long, under 1/2 in. broad, moderately firm, glabrous. Peduncle compressed, almost winged, about as long as the leaves. Raceme dense, formed of several many-flowered clusters, which are sometimes shortly racemose; bracts small, ovate, acute; pedicels 1/4 in. long, articulated near the base. Perianth-segments oblong, 8–9-nerved, under 1/2 in. long. Stamens shorter than the perianth; filaments white, flattened; anthers large, sagittate. Style long, filiform, curved. Ovules about 20 in a cell.
Distribution
Congo Lower Guinea mission station of the upper Kemo, a tributary of the Dua or Mobangi River, Dybowski, 707!
