Scape glaucous, paler than the leaves, a little compressed, 

 and about a foot high. Flowers pedicelled, three or four in 

 number ; pedicels round and slender, from 2 to 3 inches 

 in length, and surrounded at their base with a pale brown, 

 bivalved, acuminate spathe. Perianthium about 2i inches 

 long, funnel-shaped, slightly campanulate, of a deep carmine 

 colour, marked with darker veins. Segments six, oblong- 

 lanceolate, all nearly equal in size, the three outer ones tipped 

 with a small inwardly-barbed mucro. Stamens assurgent, 

 rathei more than half the length of the perianthium, two of 

 them much shorter than the rest. Anthers large, roundish- 

 oblong. Style about one-third longer than the stamens, of 

 a pale red colour, thickening gradually towards the stigma, 

 which is 3-lobed, spreading, and recurved. Ovary turbi- 

 nate, 3-celled, many-seeded. Ovules distichous, flat? 



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" We have not observed any disposition in the plant to 

 increase itself by offsets from the principal bulb. The soil 

 in which it thrives very well is a mixture of loam, peat, 

 and sand. It has hitherto been kept in a warm vinery." 



J. L. 







