Rhizome tuberous terete, 1--2 cm thick. Stem erect, 17--45 cm, glabrous. Leaves alternate; petiole ca. 5 mm; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate, sometimes slightly falcate, 6--13 × 2.3--3.6 cm, many veined, glabrous, base acute, apex acuminate, obtuse tipped. Inflorescences 1- or 2-flowered; peduncle obsolete; bracts caducous or absent. Flowers ± pendulous; pedicel 0.7--2 cm. Perianth white, campanulate-cylindric, 6--8 mm; tube 1--2 mm; lobes oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 5--6 mm. Filaments very short, 0.3--1 mm; anthers ovate-oblong, 1--2 mm. Ovary 2--3 mm. Style 1--1.5 mm. Berries blackish brown, 7--10 mm in diam., ca. 16-seeded. Fl. May--Jun, fr. Oct.

No specimens of this species have been seen by the present authors.

* Forests; 600--1900 m. Taiwan.