leaves rigid, lanceolate, 1–1 1/2 ft. long, 1 in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to the base and apex, with a thickened serrulate margin; peduncle stout, as long as the leaves, with many small empty bracts in the upper part; spike dense, cylindrical, 1/2 ft. long, 5/8 in. diam.; bracts ovate, scariose, persistent, shorter than the flowers; perianth oblong, 1/6 in. long; segments oblong, obtuse, rather shorter than the campanulate tube; stamens finally a little exserted. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Natal; Klip River County, Mrs. K. Saunders in Herb. Wood, 3895!
Notes
Nearly allied to the two Angolan species collected by Welwitsch.