striated, but with a distinct central costa. Flowers sessile on 
the panicle. Spatha two-leaved; leaflets pvate, acute, almost 
mucronate, not scariose but subherbaceous, and more or less 
coloured. Perianth rich orange-red; tube about three quarters 
of an inch long, narrow, curved; limb very patent, subirregular, 
the segments oblong-obovate. Stamens and style much exserted 
and nearly equal in length, a httle cm-ved. Anthers linear, 
yellow. Stiymas thickened at the apex. Capsule subglobose, 
longer than the persistent spatha, three-lobed, three-celled : most 
of the seeds abortive, one generally ripening in each cell, globose, 
smooth. , 
Fig. 1. Capsule. 2. The same laid open. 
