corm not seen; stem simple, 3 ft. long, bearing 4 superposed, rigid, linear, strongly-ribbed leaves, the lowest 2 ft. long, 1/3 in. broad, the second a foot long, the uppermost short; spike lax, many-flowered, a foot long; spathe-valves green, lanceolate, the outer reaching 2 in. long; perianth bright-red; tube curved, dilated at the middle where the stamens are inserted, 1 1/2 in. long, 1/6 in. diam. at the throat; 3 upper segments of the limb obovate-cuneate, 3/4 in. long, 3 lower smaller; stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the upper segments. null
Distribution
KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; damp ground near Pretoria, Elliot, 1447!
