An annual, delicate terrestrial herb. Rhizoids capillary. Leaves mostly decayed at the time of flowering, scattered on the rhizoids, very narrow linear, obtuse, very gradually attenuated into the petiole, with it 2 1/2 lin. long, 1/6 lin. broad (only one leaf seen). Pitchers unknown. Scape filiform to capillary, erect or subflexuous, simple, up to 4 in. high; scales few, very minute. Flowers 2–3, remote; bracts ovate, acute, 1/2 lin. long; bracteoles subulate, shorter than the bracts; pedicels slender, with 2 narrow gradually widening wings near the tip, about 2 lin. long. Sepals ovate, somewhat unequal, closely nerved; upper larger, 1 1/2–2 lin. long, acuminate; lower acute. Corolla 5 lin. long (from the tip of the upper lip to the end of the spur), yellow; upper lip ovate, entire, 1 lin. long; lower lip subquadrate, undulate, 1 lin. long; palate flat, edge of the mouth ciliolate and with a small tuft of hairs in the front; spur conic, about 3 1/2 lin. long and up to 1 1/2 lin. wide. Style distinct. Immature capsule ellipsoid.
