tuber 2 in. or more in diam., flattened; stem (often much) branched at the base or towards the middle, 3–10 in. high, shortly velvety-pubescent; leaves spreading, 1/4– 3/4 in. long, 2/3–2 1/2 lin. broad, linear-lanceolate, lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, obtuse or subacute, cuneately narrowed into a short petiole at the base, longitudinally folded, shortly pubescent or velvety-pubescent on both sides, but more densely so beneath; flowers in fascicles of 2–8 at the nodes or occasionally solitary; pedicels 1/2–1 1/2 lin. long; sepals about 1 lin. long, subulate-lanceolate, densely pubescent; corolla cage-like, lobed nearly to the base, with the lobes connate at the tips, pubescent like the leaves all over outside, glabrous within, apparently yellowish or whitish at the lower half and purplish-brown at the upper half; united part flattish or saucer-shaped, about 1/2 lin. long; lobes 5 1/2–8 1/2 lin. long, linear-filiform; outer corona-lobes 1/2– 7/8 lin. long, erect, divided from 2/3– 5/6 of their length into 2 parallel or slightly diverging linear obtuse or acute segments, varying from minutely puberulous on the inner face and ciliate with longer hairs to entirely glabrous, apparently whitish or yellowish; inner corona-lobes 1/3– 2/3 lin. long, linear or linear-spathulate, very obtuse, sometimes broader than the outer corona-teeth, somewhat loosely incurved over the anthers and much longer than them, but a little shorter than the outer corona-lobes, glabrous, apparently whitish; follicles 3–3 1/2 in. long, 1/8– 1/6 in. thick, terete, tapering to the acute apex, smooth, glabrous. null
