Description:
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corm oblong, 1–1 1/2 in. diam., crowned with a dense ring of bristles; leaves a dozen or more, lanceolate, acuminate, moderately firm in texture, 4–6 in. long, about 1/2 in. broad, more or less densely clothed with appressed hairs; peduncles 1–4, slender, finely pilose, 2–3 in. long; flowers 2–5, corymbose; pedicels 1/2–1 in. long; bracts small, setaceous; perianth-limb 1/3– 1/2 in. long; segments oblong or oblong-lanceolate, yellow, the outer densely hairy on the back; stamens half as long as the perianth-limb; filament about as long as the lanceolate-sagittate anther; ovary turbinate, densely hairy, 1/8 in. long; stigmas concrete; capsule turbinate, densely hairy, 1/4 in. long. null.(Description JSTOR - Kew) |