been recently united with A/illa by Mr. Baker, with much 
reason, and I have followed him in the nomenclature of this 
species. 
Descr. Bulb ovoid, one inch long, clothed with broad brown 
membranous scales. Sheaths very membranous, white, fra- 
gile. Leaves five to seven inches long, narrow linear, one 
quarter to one-third inch broad, obtuse, bright green, concave 
in front, back convex, fleshy. Scape equalling the leaves or 
shorter than them, 4—8-flowered. Spathes two, lanceolate, 
membranous, equalling or shorter than the pedicels, white; 
pedicels very slender, half to one inch long, strict or curved. 
Hlowers inclined or nodding, one inch long. Perianth campanu- 
late, with six green slender keeled ribs, which terminate in the 
tips of the segments, white with faint violet streaks above, 
suffused with green below, divided to the middle; segments 
oblong, acute, slightly recurved. Stamens near the bottom of — 
the tube; filaments flattened, subulate; anthers yellow. 
Ovary narrowly obovoid ; style rather longer, stigmas three, 
short, recurved ; ovules 2-seriate.—J.D. H. 
Fig. 1, Perianth laid open; 2, pistil; 3, transverse section of the ovary: 
—all magnified. 
