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Description:
Plants 150–350 mm high. Corm depressed-globose, 15–25 mm diam.; tunics finely to coarsely netted. Stem erect, simple. Leaves 3 or 4, lower 2 or 3 basal, linear, 3–6 mm wide, midrib and margins moderately thickened and hyaline, others sheathing stem below, ± half as long to as long as spike; bract-like cauline leaves 1 or more, tightly sheathing, brown and dry. Spike 2 to 7(10) -flowered; bracts probably dry and brown, 10–13 mm long, inner somewhat shorter, forked apically. Flowers zygomorphic, pale pink to purple; perianth tube with lower part 8–12 long, shortly emerging from bracts, upper part horizontal and weakly funnel-shaped or sub-cylindric, 9–12 mm long, 3–5 mm diam. at mouth; tepals spreading, obovate, 15–20 × 7–9 mm. Filaments unilateral and arcuate, 10–14(–17) mm long; anthers 5–6 mm long, evidently yellow. Style arching over stamens, dividing ± at middle of anthers, branches 3–4 mm long. Capsules and seeds unknown. Flowering time: October to November.
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