Abstract

Erect or pendulous herbs; stems 1.5 - 6 cm long, curved upwards, with remains of old petiolar sheaths covering them at the base. Leaves 1 - 3.5 x 0.2 - 0.4 cm, linear-lanceolate, recurved, twisted, fleshy, semiterete, upperside concave, channelled, apex emarginate. Inflorescence a leaf-opposed raceme, up to 6.5 cm long, peduncle 2.5 cm long, semiterete with 3 or 4 sterile bracts. Floral bracts 1.3 1.9 x 0.6 mm, triangular-ovate, acuminate, 1-veined, induplicate. Flowers 3 x 2 mm, white; sepals and petals dissimilar; dorsal sepal 1.8 - 1.9 x 0.8 mm, elliptic to oblong, obtuse, 1-veined; lateral sepals 1.8 - 1.9 x 0.8 mm, obliquely obovate, subacute, tip

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