Descriptions : Herb, with swollen roots; leaves basal, elongate, tapering, folded; inflorescence raceme-like, but at each node a condensed raceme(?) subtended by acute bract; flower with short pedicel that widens distally; tepals 6, acute, connate basally(?), green translucent, ±
membranous at margins; stamens 6, introrse; filaments translucent, flattened, widened at base; anthers green; ovary green, 3-angled, with 3 locules; style translucent, tapering; stigma with some hairs; flower bud trigonal; fruit loculicidally dehiscent into 3 valves.