form, deep green, obtuse, concave in front, convex on the 
back. Scape solitary, always from a leafless bulb, capillary, 
about half the length of the leaves, erect, rather rigid. 
Flowers one or two, one-sixth to a quarter of an inch long, 
solitary or twin, nodding or drooping ; bracts two, very 
minute, elliptic, peltate, green with broad white membranous 
margins. Perianth cylindric, campanulate, white with a 
green streak down the back of each lobe; lobes six, almost 
orbicular. Stamens inserted on the throat of the corolla : 
filaments very short, dorsifixed; anthers erect, linear- 
oblong ; cells parallel, introrse, bright yellow ; connective pro- 
duced, 2-toothed at the apex. Ovary sessile, 3-lobed; style 
short, straight, broader upwards, included, stigma truncate ; 
ovules several, 2-seriate in each cell. Capsule suberect, 
subglobose, loculicidally 3-valved, several-seeded.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Apex of leaf ; 2, top of scape, bracts and flowers; 3, perianth cut 
open; 4 and 5, back and front view of stamens; 6, transverse section of 
ovary; 7, capsule :—all magnified. 
