We have not seen the species in a growing state, but it 
appears, from information communicated to us by Mr. 
Sweet, that it is very distinct from any other in cultivation. 
The bulb, which is like that of a Narcissus, has a long, 
slender neck, and the leaves are of 2^ bfight green colour. 
It also seems to possess the character oT perfecting nearly 
all its seeds, of which in other fleshy-seeded species only 
a small number arrives at perfection. 
A hardy, green-house plant, flowering in April and 
May. Leaves linear-lanceolate, channelled, narrowed at 
the end, dark green, without glaucousness. Scape round. 
Umbel 4-5-flowered, with a many-leaved spatha, of which 
the outer divisions are broad, ovate, and withered, about 
half as long as the tube. Flmcers sessile white ; tube 
about 3 inches long, obscurely G-cornered ; segfnents linear, 
hanging down, a little longer than the tube ; corona rotate- 
turbinate, much shorter than the segments, toothletted at 
edge. Stamens rigid, from the margin of the corona, erect, 
^ much longer than corona, with green filaments. Style 
green, declinate, the length of stamens. Stigma capitate. 
Seeds fleshy. 
