terminalis, solitarius, 10-30 em. longus, 2-2.5 mm. cras- 
sus, ad apicem paullum dilatatus compressusque, api- 
cem versus castaneo-furfuraceus, demum glabrescens. 
Inflorescentia compressa; involucri bracteis 2, reniformi- 
‘raudatis, 2.5-8.5 cm. longis, 2.5-8 em. latis, tenuiter 
multinervatis, albidis, ad basim castaneo-furfuraceis, 
apice 1-2.5 ecm. longo; receptaculo convexo, ca. 6 mm. 
lato, 4 mm. alto, bracteis paleaceis; spiculis sessilibus, 
bracteolis 8-10, lineari-oblanceolatis, 9-10 mm. longis, 
1—2 mm. latis, trinervatis, membranaceis, sub calyce ap- 
proximatis, abrupte acuminatis, acumine 1.5—2 mm. 
longo. Sepala 8, ca. 10 mm. longa, indistinete 3-5 ner- 
vata, ad basim delicate membranacea in tubum connata, 
sursum libera lanceolato-acuminata, indurata; corolla 
delicate membranacea, alba ut videtur, ca. 10 em. longa, 
ad basim per 1—2 mm. ad corollam adnata, laminis ovato- 
deltoideis, acutis, ca. 5 mm. longis; staminibus 6, ca. 6 
mm. longis; filamentis membranaceis, 1-2 mm. longis, 
0.8-1 mm. latis; antheris ca. 4 mm. longis, quadriloba- 
tis in sectione transversali, ad basim auriculatis sursum 
arctantibus, albis ad apicem vix castaneo-furfuraceis; ap- 
pendice ca. 1.5 mm. longa, castanea, cochleariformi, 
lineari-oblonga, e basi brevi sigmoidea oriente; stylo 
plusminusve stamina aequante, stigmate trigono, acuto; 
ovario triloculari, ad basim membranaceo, sursum sub- 
indurato, albo; ovulum unum in loculo; semine oblongo, 
5-6 mm. longo, 3-3.5 mm. lato, integumento interiore 
denso, saturate castaneo, longitudinaliter striato, striis 
manifestis per integumentum exterius albidum translu- 
cens ad apicem disjunctum et bulbosum, ad hilum den- 
sum et oblique concavum. 
Small acaulescent perennial herbs. Leaves 8 to 6, 20-50 
em. long; sheaths strongly equitant and distichous, dis- 
posed in a single plane, sub-membranaceous or thinly 
chartaceous, broadly rounded, with about 40 distinct 
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