stem herbaceous, erect, simple, (or branched from the base), albo-hirsute, leafy throughout; leaves subconnate, the lower broadly obovate or subrotund, the upper elliptic-oblong or oblong, all subobtuse, flat, thinnish, densely cartilagineo-ciliate, glabrous or sparsely hispid; cymules densely few flowered, disposed either in a long, leafy spike or interruptedly corymbulose, with oblong bracts; calyx-lobes nearly equalling corolla, lanceolate acuminate, keeled, rough-edged; petals suberect, connate at base, oblongo-spathulate, subapiculate, styles shortly subulate. Stem 6–12 inches high or more. Leaf-pairs 1–1 1/2 inch apart. Leaves about inch long, 3/4 inch wide, the uppermost narrower and gradually shorter, when dry membranous and pellucid. The inflorescence varies from a dense spike to a broken corymb; the flowers are subsessile, or very short-stalked, white, 2–3 lines long.
