the species, that which is the most nearly allied to this ; 
but its stamens are inserted into the middle of the tube, 
and, independently of further differences, it is altogether a 
larger plant. 
Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticul- 
tural Society in August 1830, from the only bulb with . 
which we are acquainted. 
The twisting of the leaves is not shewn in our Plate, 
that character not being acquired until they are more grown 
than they are here represented. 
Bulb oval, chestnut-coloured, the size of the fist, with 
its neck above ground. Leaves appearing after the scape, 
erect, a foot and half long, strap-shaped, obtuse, glaucous, 
yellowish at the edge, twisted about twice.  Scape erect, 
taper, glaucous, twisted spi ot or more long. Outer 
bracte@ ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, channelled at 
the tips; the inner subul; ength of the pedicels. 
Umbel of 7.9r 8 flowers. —. ‚length of the ovaria, 
taper, glaucous, Flowers coloured, clavate, arcuate, 
pendulous, 3 inches long; ir tube cylindrical, funnel- 
shaped; their limb erect, 6-parted, thrice as short as the 
tube, with the outer segments ovate, the inner oblong and 
obtuse. Stamens 6, equal, shorter than the limb, inserted 
into the throat of the tube; filaments subulate, with a mem- 
branous dilated base, the membrane being eared on each 
side at the apex. Stigma slightly 3-lobed, papillose ; style 
as long as the oblong erect anthers. Ovula numerous, 
ascending from the axis. L 
J. L. 
