tuber elongated; stem usually solitary, 1–2 1/3 ft. high, simple or with 1 erect branch, slender, puberulous, with internodes 3/4–3 1/2 in. long; leaves erect, 1–2 3/4 in. long, 1/4– 1/2 lin. broad, linear-filiform, with revolute margins, subobtuse or acute, glabrous; umbels all sessile or 1 or more of the lower pedunculate, 4–9-flowered; peduncles 0–9 lin. long, puberulous; bracts minute, deciduous; pedicels 2–3 lin. long, puberulous; sepals 1/2– 3/4 lin. long, 1/4– 1/3 lin. broad, ovate-lanceolate, acute, puberulous; corolla-lobes spreading, 1–1 1/4 lin. long, 1/2– 2/3 lin. broad, oblong, minutely notched at the subobtuse incurved (always?) apex, sparsely pubescent on the back, glabrous on the inner face; corona-lobes 1/4– 1/2 lin. long and rather more in breadth, subquadrate, truncate at the top forming a transverse rim behind the base of the appendage, which is 1/8– 1/3 lin. long, erect or ascending, linear-deltoid, oblong or linear, acute, obtuse or emarginate, and decurrent in 2 keels on the inner face, the keels often forming a slight angle or tooth at the top, often obliterated in dried specimens; staminal column 1/3– 1/2 lin. long; anther-appendages broadly ovate, obtuse or subacute, inflexed upon the top of the truncate style-apex; young follicles fusiform, tapering into a long beak, minutely puberulous. null
