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Description:
Plants ± acaulescent, up to 60 mm high. Corm ± ovoid, 12–15 mm diam., asymmetric with oblique flat base; tunics woody, imbricate, dark brown, outer layers V-notched on lower margins. Stem rarely emerging above ground, simple or with one branch from near base, sheathing cataphyll often brown above ground. Leaves 3 or 4, all ± basal, plane, ± falcate, 20–40 × 5–6 mm. Spike 1–3-flowered; outer bract green, leaf-like, folded in midline, 15–25 mm long. Flowers diurnal, salver-shaped, white, outer tepals shaded purple-brown outside, usually strongly scented; perianth tube cylindric, filiform, 14–20 mm long, widening near apex; tepals subequal, ± elliptic, 8–12 × 4–5 mm, spreading. Filaments suberect, 3–5 mm long; anthers 5–6 mm long, held horizontally over tepals, white; pollen white. Style branches ± 9 mm long, spreading over tepals, slightly exceeding anthers in closed flower. Capsules ellipsoid, often flushed dull red, ± 12 mm long. Seeds softly angular, dull yellow. Flowering time: July to early August.
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