and shining, and break off into ovate acute concave frag- 
ments, are very peculiar. 
Drscr. Corm one-half to three-quarters of an inch in 
diameter, globose, with a broad fibrous base; coats smooth, 
shining, not at all fibrous, truncate at the base, breaking u 
into ovate concave segments that are split at the top into 
acute bristly teeth. Buds solitary, 1-2-flowered. Basal 
spathe none. Leaves three to five, about as tall as the flower, 
very narrow, about one-sixteenth of an inch broad, margins 
smooth recurved, costa white. Sheaths pale; floral one or 
two. Flowers one and three-quarters to two inches in 
diameter, bright golden yellow, odorous; tube two to three 
times as long as the limb, yellow, not striped ; segments 
narrowly elliptic-oblong, obtuse. _Anthers exserted, slender, 
longer than the somewhat pubescent filaments, bright orange- 
yellow. Stigmas of the same colour, quite entire, truncate, 
obscurely erose.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Portion of coat of corm; 2, stigmas :—Both magnified, 
