Plants many-stemmed. Leaves fairly rigid, distinctly nervose when dry, at first erect, later recurved, 0.3-2.0 m long, 10-20(-30) mm broad, keeled below, channelled above, mid-green; margin and keel finely and somewhat irregularly serrulate, rarely almost smooth. Scape 1.2-2.5 m long, overtopping recurved leaves. Raceme very dense, subcylindrical, 100-220 x 50-60 mm, usually tapering towards apex, buds yellow to yellow-green, usually tipped with orange-red to scarlet; flowers spreading to pendulous, lemon-yellow to orange-yellow. Pedicels 1.5-4.0 mm long. Bracts ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, 5-9 mm long; margin slightly to distinctly serrulate. Perianth narrowly funnel-shaped, 19-25 mm long, slightly constricted and 1.5-2.0 mm diam. at the base, expanding about the middle to 4-6 mm and ± 5-7 mm near throat. Stamens well exserted by 5-10 mm at anthesis. Fruit subglo-bose, 5.0-6.5 mm long. Flowering time: February to March. Figure 19. Plants several- to many-stemmed. Leaves somewhat spreading, nervose when dry, 0.9-1.5 m long, 20-30 mm broad, keeled below, chanÂnelled above; margin and keel sparsely to disÂtinctly serrulate. Scape 1.0-1.8 m tall, overtopÂping leaves. Raceme dense, subcylindrical, taperÂing somewhat to apex, 150-300 x 60-70 mm; buds orange to reddish orange; flowers spreading to pendulous, yellow. Pedicels 5-8 mm long, elongating to 10 mm in fruit. Bracts linear-lanceÂolate, 8-12 mm long; margin finely eroso-dentic-ulate. Perianth narrowly funnel-shaped, 24-30 mm long, ± 2 mm diam. near base, expanding about 10 mm above base to 5-7 mm near throat. Stamens exserted by 8-15 mm at anthesis. Fruit subglobose, 5-7 mm long. Figure 20.
