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Tota planta glabra. Caulis perbrevis. Folia nsque 1,8 
M. longa, in petiolum brevem sensim atlenuata, bası vagi- 
nata, (viva more Liliacearum subpinguia erecta et recurva 
saturate viridia ad basim purpureo-marmorata, substantia 
praeceipue ad basim viscosa, teste L. C. Richard in herh. 
Frangueville). Lamina lineari-lanceolata, acuminata, ver- 
sus basim sensim in petiolum attennata, paralleli-nervosa; 
nervi longitudinales transversariis conjuneti, nervus medins 
validus utrinque eminens subtus semiteres supra planiusculus; 
usque 7 Cm. lata. Petiolus compressus, aciebus obtusis, 
brevis, 5—14 Cm. longus vel brevior. Vagina instar Iridum 
ad planissimum conduplicata, superne sensim sensimgne in 
petiolum attenuata, dimidia oblonga, in sieco viridis vel sor- 
dide fuscescens, usque 40 Cm. longa, dimidia usque 2,2 Cm, 
lata. Pedunculus e vagina folii solitarius, vel compresso- 
semiteres latere altero planiusculo ant levissime canaliculato, 
vel compressus, aciebus obtusatis exalatis, striatus vel cos- 
tato -striatus, 35—50 Cm. longus, in medio 2,5—4 Mm. la- 
tus, versus apicem vix vel parum latior. Spatha univalvis, 
unilateralis, oblongo-lanceolata, inaegnilatera, acuminaia, e 
basi obtusa paullo deceurrens, naviculari-concava, (viva albe- 
scens marginibus apiceque virentibus teste L. C. Richard in 
herb. Franqueville), 10—18 Cm. longa, dimidia latiore usque 
3 Cm. lata. Inflorescentia densissime spieata, secunda, uni- 
lateraliter spathae nervo medio adnata, 4—8 Cm. longa. 
Flores sessiles; singuli bracteis lineari -spathulatis augustis 
acutiusculis rigidulo - membranaceis apice carnosis uninerviis 
aequilongis laxe dispositis flavidis numerosissimis cireiter 1 
Cm. longis ceincti,  Sepala 3 libera, spathulato - oblonga, 
obtusa et mucronulata margine apice inflexo quasi acuta, 
trinervia, pergamena apice rigidiora, flavida.. Petala 
(viva Iutea testibus L. GC. Richardo et Kapplero) 3 in tubum 
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