Japan Flora: Stems 5-7 cm. high, white, black-brown when dry; scalelike leaves thick, few-paired, 10-20 mm. long, ovate-deltoid or deltoid, ascending, subcoriaceous, rounded on back, incurved on margin; flowers 15-20 mm. long, the perianth 5-8 mm long; stamens 14-20 mm. long, the filaments connate and surrounding the ovary, the anthers 4-5 mm. long; stigma 4-6 mm. across.  Nov.

Shikoku, Kyushu; parasitic on roots of Castanopsis; rare.