stemless; leaves sessile, spathulato-cuneiform, 3-nerved; stipules none; scape ciliate, with glandular hairs, about one-flowered. Leaves 6–8 lines long, 1–3 lines wide, with bright red glandular hairs as long as the breadth of the leaf. Scape erect, leafless, or rarely with one leaf, 3–6 inches high; in β, 1–2 inches; in γ, 1–4 lines long, never altogether wanting, glandular, the glands more copious towards the summit, and about the calyx. Flower one, sometimes two, and more rarely 3–4. Calyx obtuse, 2–3 lines long. Petals obovatecuneate, sub-retuse, rosy, with a dark purple spot at the base; in the varieties, paler or white, in α, 8–12 lines, in β & γ. 4 lines long. Anthers ovate. Styles bifid, half as long as the petals; the arms capillaceo-multifid. This has the habit of D. trinervia & D. cuneifolia, but it is easily known by its larger flowers and multifid styles.
