Japan Flora: Stems 5-10 cm. long, rather densely leafy at base; leaves fleshy, linear, 1.5-4 cm. long, 3-4 mm. wide, acuminate, sheathing at base; spikes 2-4 cm. long, densely flowered, the bracts scarious, triangular- ovate, 7-12 mm. long, long-acuminate, 1-nerved, longer than the flowers; flowers sessile, half-open, abruptly recurved above the ovary; sepals ovate-oblong, 5-6 mm. long, obtuse, 1-nerved; petals and lip as long as the sepals; capsules ellipsoidal, about 6 mm. long. Apr.

Kyushu (s. distr. incl. Yakushima and Tanegashima). India, Malaysia, China, Formosa, and Ryukyus.