Leaves 1 1/2–3 in. long, 1/2–1 lin. broad, linear, subacute, sometimes slightly hardened and whitish at the apex, glabrous, sometimes minutely rugulose in the dried state. Peduncular-sheath 1 1/4–2 in. long, with a short leafy point. Peduncles numerous, 4–6 in. long, 1/4– 1/3 lin. thick, angular, compressed, glabrous, twisted. Spike 2 1/2–3 lin. long, 1–1 1/4 lin. thick, lanceolate, 2–3-flowered, dull smoky-brown. Outer bracts 1 1/2–2 lin. long, thin, broad, elliptic, subacute or obtuse, deeply concave, slightly keeled at the apex, entire, subcoriaceous, indistinctly 3-nerved, dull brown; inner bracts thinner, orbicular, apiculate, closely convolute, scarcely keeled, nerveless. Lateral sepals 2–2 1/4 lin. long, 1/2 lin. broad, lanceolate, acute, boat-shaped, thin, scarcely keeled, light straw-coloured, scarcely darker on the keel, which is quite entire. Corolla-lobes 1 lin. long, 3/4 lin. broad, obovate, very obtuse, yellow. Arms of the staminodes broad, linear, densely fringed with yellow hairs.
