at the apex. Stem terete, one-flowered, leafy, glaucous, 
about a span high. Leaves very glaucous, the lower oblong- 
lanceolate, acuminate, somewhat wavy, channelled; the 
upper linear, flat, very much acuminated, shorter than the 
flowers. Perianthium deep crimson, oval, the leaflets an 
inch and half long, ovate, flat, acute. nz 
