Leaves membranous, lanceolate, glabrous, sessile, above a foot long, 1–2 in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to a base 3/4–1 in. broad, laxly veined, not ciliate on the margin. Inflorescence a panicle composed of 5 lax cylindrical ascending racemes a foot long; branch-bracts lanceolate, 3–4 in. long; lower flowers 3–4-nate; pedicels articulated, pubescent, 1/6– 1/4 in. long; flower-bracts small, lanceolate. Perianth-segments lanceolate, 1/4 in. long, with a faint 1-nerved green keel. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth. Anthers small; capsule globose, deeply lobed.
Distribution
Nyasaland Mozamb. Dist. Zomba and vicinity, 2500–3500 ft., Whyte!
