2n = 22

2n = 22

n = 11

n = 11

Delicate summergreen plants forming small colonies; a conical tuber c. 10 × 6 mm. forms at the base of each annual shoot, sts connected to that of the previous year by a slender rhizome up to 10 cm. long. Lvs c. 10–30 cm. × 3–10 mm., linear, ± flaccid; midrib and nerves inconspicuous; sheath membr. Infl. us. exceeding lvs; peduncle very slender, often < panicle; panicle narrow, either simple and raceme-like or with a few slender laterals; main bracts lflike. Fls solitary or in uneven-aged groups of 2–3; pedicels 1–2 cm. long, pale above the joint. Per. c. 1 cm. diam., white; tepals acute, subequal or the outer slightly broader. Stamens much < tepals; anther-tails almost wholly adnate to filament, white. Capsule c. 3 × 3.5 mm., sulcate; valves keeled and shortly horned towards base. Seeds c. 6 in each locule, to 1.4 mm. long, black with a surface pattern of minute hexagons. n = 11.