tufted; stems 1–1 1/2 in. long, 5–8 lin. thick, decumbent, oblong or somewhat clavate-oblong, very obtusely 4- (rarely 5-) angled or subcylindric, glabrous, dull light green, mottled or tinted with dull purple, angles not or scarcely tuberculate, with very minute apiculus-like teeth, having a more minute tooth on each side at the base; flowers usually in pairs at the middle or upper part of the young stems, erect; pedicels 1/4– 2/3 in. long, glabrous; sepals 1/8 in. long, lanceolate, acute, glabrous; corolla rotate, lobed nearly to the base, 1 1/4–1 1/3 in. in diam.; lobes very spreading, 1/2– 2/3 in. long, about 2–2 1/2 lin. broad at the base, narrowly lanceolate, acute, convex from the margins being recurved, glabrous on the back, very shortly velvety-puberulous on the inner face, not ciliate, dull greenish-yellow or pale yellow without spots; corona-lobes rather more than 1 lin. long, closely incumbent upon the backs of the anthers and exceeding them, with their tips crossing each other but not becoming erect, lanceolate, acute, entire or somewhat 3-toothed at the apex, produced at the base into a truncate or very obtuse dorsal crest, minutely tuberculate or with ridges on the top, and the dorsal margin neither acute-edged nor toothed, yellow, without markings. null
